History

1988

• Dos Gringos A Flower Company is born!
• Wholesale distribution only
• 3,000 square foot facility
• 6 team members

1990

• First consumer bunch sold to grocery retail chain
• 15 team members

1995

• First bouquet sold (“Pacific Sunset”: red sunflowers, cattails, safari sunset, eucalyptus)
• 30 team members

1997

• Moved to 20,000 square foot facility
• 50 team members

1998

• First automated bouquet line installed

1999

• High-speed conveyor and mechanical box strapper added to packing line
• Two additional automated bouquet lines installed
• Design Ready® product line launched

2001

• Patented sunflower display/pallet shipper introduced
• 60 team members

2003

• Broke ground for new, 60,000 square foot facility
• 80 team members

2004

• Opened 60,000 square foot headquarters.  New features include temperature-controlled production and storage areas, underground green waste removal system, and wet pack automation line
• Helping Kids Bloom® program launched
• 105 team members

2005

• Fourth automated bouquet line installed
• Licensing agreement reached with Nickelodeon to produce kid-themed bouquets
• 116 team members

2006

• Dora the Explorer® bouquet line introduced
• 124 team members

2007

• Nominated for "One of the Best Places to Work" by the Wall Stret Journal (finished in the top 35 of 840 nominees!)
• Reached highest single sales day in February
• 134 team members

2008

• Celebrating 20th anniversary! We are 20 years young!
• More to come!