O&J Growers was born in April of
1992. Jose Arellano partnered with Odilon Diaz to
purchase a company called Andre Flowers. Odilon was the managing
supervisor for Andre at the time. Along with the sale of the
company, they acquired the land, approximately 2.5 acres, and
most importantly, the farm in Mexico, Rancho de Las Flores.
In the beginning years, they encountered that the daily “tough”
decisions of owning a business was exactly that … “Tough”. They
started with an overused van that would make daily deliveries
7 days a week, and an older truck that would occasionally break-down
to and from Mexico. They also only had one employee working the
warehouse & picking up/delivering flowers. Jose & Odilon’s
dedication and pride kept them both motivated with many tasks,
such as: buying; selling; handling accounts; manual labor; and
the overseeing & running of the farm in Mexico. “Tough” was
merely an understatement, but with hard work comes success, and
with some faith and sacrifice, just like our flowers, O&J’s
began to bloom.
In 2002, O& J Growers added a second location inside the
Los Angeles Flower District. In 2005, we decided to not only
sell flowers to local wholesale companies in southern California,
but to become a competitor in the national shipping industry
as well.
O&J Growers specializes in many different cut flower varieties
such as Sunflowers, Larkspur, Stock, Bells of Ireland, Green
Mist, Amaranthus, Bupleurum, & Wax flower, just to name a
few. We produce premium cut flowers from 250 acres of open field
production in Baja California, Mexico. We’re located just north
of San Diego on California's southern coast. We ensure that our
customers will receive the freshest and most beautiful product
and give special attention to our customers’ specific needs.
In the last few years, O&J’s has been upgrading and expanding
our facility to accommodate our continuous growth. We’ve created
a sales office for our sales team consisting of Bruce Blake,
Missie Ray, Joe Amador, and Alyssa Pulido for sales support.
We also installed brand new premium coolers to handle more volumes
of flowers, as well as adding more square footage to the packing,
shipping, and receiving department. We have a fleet of dependable
delivery trucks & a brand new tractor trucks bringing us
beautiful flowers from Mexico.
At O&J, we believe what you put in is what you will get out.
From fumigating our fields and pre & post harvest treatment
to the latest transportation the market has to offer. From beginning
to end, our focus is customer satisfaction. We encourage you
to experience the difference of providing quality flowers with
customer service, the way it use to be. To contact the O & J
team, please call 800-599-2189 or visit www.ojgrowers.com
