We are thrilled to welcome a new farm, Ethel’s Backyard, to the Philadelphia Floral Guild for the 2025 season! Located in Media, PA, Ethel’s Backyard is owned and operated by Dawn Zimmerman, who was inspired to start flower farming by the massive zinnias her grandmother Ethel grew. A professional biologist, Dawn is deeply committed to …
Philadelphia Floral Guild is adding new grower members in 2025. Join us to exponentially increase your sales to local florists. Benefit your bottom line and reduce time spent hustling to make sales. We do all the marketing, distribution, invoicing and customer communications for you! In 2024, PFG moved over 235,000 locally-grown stems from 8 local …
Introducing Standing Order Agreements through Philadelphia Floral Guild Do you order from PFG pretty much every week? Are you juggling a lot of priorities that make it hard to look at our inventory early in our order window? Do you feel like you’re missing out on some products you know were likely available but …
Not when it’s in your own backyard! Did you hear about the trucker strike in Columbia this past week? It stopped Columbian flowers from getting to the airport in Bogotá to fly over to Miami to go into the U.S. supply chain, delaying shipments and tripping up orders all the way up here in Philadelphia. Columbia, …
We think it can! This past week we got a new walk-in cooler delivered to our hub. While this makes Cooler #4 for us, it’s the only one with the PFG logo and we think she’s pretty darn sexy!! This cooler is a beautiful testament to how the PFG community is growing and supporting each …
Philly Floral Guild is open for the 2024 season! We’re kicking things off with early spring favorites: heirloom narcissus, Icelandic poppies, hellebores, anemones, ranunculus, muscari, and some flowering branches. The cold blast this week is slowing our availability down a bit, but we weren’t going to let that stop us from gearing up to serve …
We did a thing over the winter! We dreamt up and started an educational podcast for florists and farmers, focused on the business of local seasonal flowers and sustainable floristry. Each episode will help you dig into the details of running your enterprise and spot places to fine tune it. If you’re a florist, you’ll …
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Enjoying your snow day? It certainly is nice to feel cozy inside while looking out at the world washed anew in crisp clean fluffy white stuff! The icy cold, though, is not so endearing and makes us long for warmer spring days. But did you know that snow is powerful medicine for a bountiful harvest …
Looking for floral jobs in Philadelphia? PFG is hiring for the following positions to start in April 2024. These roles would be a great match for floral freelancers who could use some steady work earlier in the week. The Philly Floral Guild is a vibrant community-focused distribution hub dedicated to locally-grown sustainable flowers. PART-TIME SEASONAL …
With 45% of flowers from the wholesaler being thrown out before they even get sold, it’s worth questioning the status quo of global imports. During shipping, flowers get banged up. Big time! Your business may not be able to afford to keep buying from the traditional wholesalers if you have to throw out nearly one …
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