Florist Blogs

One of the greatest advances in floral shipping was the advent of the Procona. Growers cut the flowers and place them into rectangular buckets of water (made by Procona), then add a cardboard collar and plastic lid. Flowers are shipped vertically, at proper handling temperature and with hydration, which greatly increases the quality of the ...

After arrival, boxed flowers are inspected, cut, placed into buckets of water, which are then placed into massive coolers for storage. The buckets on the floor and the wall shelves will be used for orders already placed, or florists can pick from them if they visit (Kathy from The Bloomery is at the other end of the cooler looking for some ...

Shipments arrive on pallets, and are processed in a short time. These horizontal boxes contain greens such as seeded eucalyptis and ruscus. The tall box is a Procona of stock (which is a fragrant flower related to larkspur). This was taken inside BW's new cooler.

In addition to boxed orders, most trucks carry buckets of flowers so we florists can pick up things we might need at the last minute. The buckets are loaded onto wheeled carts, which are then rolled onto the trucks and locked into place. This was taken inside BW's new cooler, which holds flowers at 36 degrees F.

Most of BW's facility is a large loading dock. This area will be bustling with activity in the early morning hours. Individual orders are packed and queued at the specific doors; the trucks are lined up according to their route. Holiday greens fill the middle of the floor, since these photos were taken the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

BW's refridgerated trucks lined up and ready to roll in less than 24 hours. These trucks will carry open buckets and boxed orders. Starting abut 4:00 am Monday, the packers and loaders will fill these trucks.

9:00 am Sunday, the Armellini truck arrives from Miami's flower markets. Some flowers are trucked in, some are shipped via refridgerated truck.