The Minnesota State Florist Association began life many years ago, in 1908, in 1960 the association became the Minnesota Allied Florists' Association. Then in 1969 the name was changed to the North Central Florists Association. There was a hiatus in activity in the association from the early years of the new decade... The group was reformed in 2006 with then President Tom Johnson of A. Johnshon and Sons Floral Leading the way. Tom was in good company, such historic names in the Twin Cities had blazed a path before him as past presidents, including: Theodore Wirth, O.J. Olson (Holm and Olsen), Hans Rosacker, Carl I. Lindskoog just to name a few...

The best way to cover this topic is to simply refer you to the 'History of Floriculture' as written for the site, by Phillip Murphy of Crystal Lake Floral - Here is some nice reading, or our nice long history as an association and our many presidents, going back to our first, Theodore Wirth in 1908

We hope to add antique photos to this of the Hermes families and others that were early contributers to the florist industry in MN

here is the link to our history and Past Presidents (page will open in new window at LocalMNFlorist.com):

If you have any old photos of any assn conventions (really early) please get copies to us so we can get them on the site! Please use the contact linl to tell us of any historic photos you may have - Thank You