Wildflora Blog

Curious where we get all of our flowers? Wonder no more! the early bird gets the blooms! Our shoppers get up bright and early to head to the Flower District in downtown L.A., an area dating back to the early 1900's that spans over 6 blocks, creating the largest wholesale flower market in the country. The biggest vendors include The Original Los Angeles Flower Market, The Southern California Flower Market, and Wall Street Florals.  Plus, fun little movie fact, if you saw the 2010 movie Valentine's Day, where Ashton Kutcher plays a florist, you can catch a glimpse of the Flower Markets...

At WildFlora, we embrace and support the LGBTQ community year-round, and love the chance to celebrate together during Pride month, which includes sharing a few of our favorite LGBTQ-owned businesses.  Click each one to go directly to their site and learn more!      

One of our very own florists, Hayley, got hitched to her fiancé, Erik, in a small, desert ceremony this March, and we're so excited to share the gorgeous photos by Jana Contreras photography. Her bouquet, obviously done by WildFlora, had a lovely mix of fresh and dried flowers, including protea, sweet pea, thistle, fern, feathers, and pampas grass plumes. We went with a mix of neutral whites and earthy browns, focusing on a cacophony of textures. This was also the first two-florist bouquet we've ever made - shout out to Al & Kristine! To help set the scene where Hayley and Erik...

While Valentine's Day [read: week] is huge for floral shops, Mother's Day and the few days leading up are the biggest for us at WildFlora. We get a lot of people who are surprised when they walk into the shop on the big holidays and can't get the exact blooms they want, but waiting to buy your flowers on Valentine's or Mother's Day is kind of like waiting until Thanksgiving to buy your Turkey - there *might* be a handful in stock at the store if you're lucky, but you kind of just have to take what you can get. For...