A new way to buy local
Our flower market has been designed with both growers and buyers in mind.
Who Can Buy:
In order to purchase from the Greater Pittsburgh Flower Collective, you must be a professional buyer. Our markets use wholesale pricing to sell to businesses that work with flowers and retail them to their customers.
Interested buyers will need to purchase an annual buyer's pass from GPFC.
- First-time buyer fee: $50
- Repeat buyer fee: $25
This buyer's pass can be added to your first order of the year.
You will also need to make an account with Rooted Farmers. Rooted Farmers is an online sales platform that allows both wholesale and retail customers to shop for local flowers. GPFC uses Rooted Farmers to list all of its inventory and to send messages to buyers regarding upcoming markets and availability. Buyers can still shop directly from GPFC at our markets as a guest buyer, but you will not have access to pre-ordering or our messaging system without the Rooted Farmers account. You would only be able to shop from the floor availability which is limited, and check out time takes longer for a guest buyer.
When setting up your Rooted Farmers account, please make sure you select the proper account type (wholesale) to be able to see our flowers.
How to Buy:
Each week, every grower within the collective uploads their inventory to Rooted Farmers. Most flowers are only available a week in advance of the next market, though some are available farther out, so please keep this in mind when shopping.
Generally speaking, most flowers are loaded by Thursday morning. At this time, the collective manager opens the collective and notifies its buyer connections through Rooted Farmers that pre-ordering is open.
Additional inventory may be added until Monday morning when the collective manager sends a last call email before ordering closes at 5 PM.
Pro tip! These added uploads are often shared to our Instagram stories!
Important Note! Please do not look for flowers on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. We disable our shopping period from Monday at 5 PM until opening on Thursdays to review inventory and reset for the next week.
When shopping, you simply add the items you want to your cart. The items in your cart are reserved for 1 hour.
After you are satisfied with your order you will checkout; however, you will not be charged until you pick up your order on Wednesday.
At the Market:
Our markets are open weekly from April until we are out of fresh flowers in the fall.
They run from 9AM-11AM are are located at:
Ruckus Coffee Gallery & Café
1707 Babcock Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
(rear of building)
If you have made a pre-order, it will be waiting for you at 9 AM. You may add items from the floor availability to your order before finalizing the order and heading out.
If you have not made a pre-order, your best bet to receive what you want is to arrive right at 9AM for first pick from our floor availability.
Pro tip! Add your company card to your Rooted Farmers account ahead of time for a speedier checkout. Just look under Settings then Payment Methods.
About Buckets:
All flowers at the market will be organized into buckets owned by GPFC. It is the responsibility of the buyers to bring their own buckets. GPFC provides fresh, clean water for you to use.
About Delivery:
GPFC is preparing to include delivery in 2023. We are still determining order minimums and delivery charges at this time, but as soon as we have a system in place, buyers will be notified and more information will be added here.
2023 Florist Survey:
We are actively seeking to meet the needs of our buyers. Please take our 2023 survey to tell us a little bit about what you want to see from us (including florals, colors, and textures!).
https://forms.gle/yVnL8ZyEMHoUMpga8
Who Can Buy:
In order to purchase from the Greater Pittsburgh Flower Collective, you must be a professional buyer. Our markets use wholesale pricing to sell to businesses that work with flowers and retail them to their customers.
Interested buyers will need to purchase an annual buyer's pass from GPFC.
- First-time buyer fee: $50
- Repeat buyer fee: $25
This buyer's pass can be added to your first order of the year.
You will also need to make an account with Rooted Farmers. Rooted Farmers is an online sales platform that allows both wholesale and retail customers to shop for local flowers. GPFC uses Rooted Farmers to list all of its inventory and to send messages to buyers regarding upcoming markets and availability. Buyers can still shop directly from GPFC at our markets as a guest buyer, but you will not have access to pre-ordering or our messaging system without the Rooted Farmers account. You would only be able to shop from the floor availability which is limited, and check out time takes longer for a guest buyer.
When setting up your Rooted Farmers account, please make sure you select the proper account type (wholesale) to be able to see our flowers.
How to Buy:
Each week, every grower within the collective uploads their inventory to Rooted Farmers. Most flowers are only available a week in advance of the next market, though some are available farther out, so please keep this in mind when shopping.
Generally speaking, most flowers are loaded by Thursday morning. At this time, the collective manager opens the collective and notifies its buyer connections through Rooted Farmers that pre-ordering is open.
Additional inventory may be added until Monday morning when the collective manager sends a last call email before ordering closes at 5 PM.
Pro tip! These added uploads are often shared to our Instagram stories!
Important Note! Please do not look for flowers on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. We disable our shopping period from Monday at 5 PM until opening on Thursdays to review inventory and reset for the next week.
When shopping, you simply add the items you want to your cart. The items in your cart are reserved for 1 hour.
After you are satisfied with your order you will checkout; however, you will not be charged until you pick up your order on Wednesday.
At the Market:
Our markets are open weekly from April until we are out of fresh flowers in the fall.
They run from 9AM-11AM are are located at:
Ruckus Coffee Gallery & Café
1707 Babcock Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
(rear of building)
If you have made a pre-order, it will be waiting for you at 9 AM. You may add items from the floor availability to your order before finalizing the order and heading out.
If you have not made a pre-order, your best bet to receive what you want is to arrive right at 9AM for first pick from our floor availability.
Pro tip! Add your company card to your Rooted Farmers account ahead of time for a speedier checkout. Just look under Settings then Payment Methods.
About Buckets:
All flowers at the market will be organized into buckets owned by GPFC. It is the responsibility of the buyers to bring their own buckets. GPFC provides fresh, clean water for you to use.
About Delivery:
GPFC is preparing to include delivery in 2023. We are still determining order minimums and delivery charges at this time, but as soon as we have a system in place, buyers will be notified and more information will be added here.
2023 Florist Survey:
We are actively seeking to meet the needs of our buyers. Please take our 2023 survey to tell us a little bit about what you want to see from us (including florals, colors, and textures!).
https://forms.gle/yVnL8ZyEMHoUMpga8