Our Story
The Ludwig family was in the flower
business as far back as the late 1800's when E.C. Ludwig
(Jim's great-grandfather) had a flower stall in the
Market House in Allegheny, PA (Now Pittsburgh's North
Side.)
Our founder, Ed Ludwig, established Ed Ludwig Flowers in
1929, as one of the first tenants in the new Koppers
Building in downtown Pittsburgh. (Ed's brother,
Deforest, had been a charter member of FTD.) Ed served
as FTD president in 1955.
Ed's son, Jim Ludwig Sr., joined him in the business in
1947, and the business name was changed to Ed and Jim
Ludwig Flowers. Over the years, Jim served as regional
director of FTD and president of Interflora.
Jim, Jr. joined the company in 1975. Over the next
years, the business expanded into the North Hills of
Pittsburgh, first to the McKnight-Seibert Shopping
Center, and then into Northway Mall. We became known as
Jim Ludwig's Blumengarten.
In 1990, Jim Jr. and his wife, Linda, purchased our
current building in Pittsburgh's
Strip District. It was
originally intended to be a centralized hub and offices
for our other stores. However, during the '90's we found
that the economy of one centralized location suited the
logistics of the flower business quite well. After 70
years downtown, we moved out of the Koppers Building,
and we now have only this one location.
Our Strip District store puts us in a unique position to
service our customers who contact us by phone and
internet from all over the world. The Strip District is
centrally positioned for city-wide delivery. We are
located close to floral wholesalers and suppliers, and
can often fulfill the special requests of our customers
on short notice. Low overhead and large warehouse space
in our current building allows us to provide value
pricing in all our products. We have adequate space and
large walk-in coolers to accommodate flowers for any
holiday or large special event.
 We
were honored to receive the FTD "Progressive Florist
Award" for 2003 at the FTD convention in Orlando,
Florida.
Jim and Linda Ludwig with Merlin Olsen and Bob Norton,
Chairman, FTD, Inc. at the FTD convention in Orlando,
2003.
Our friendly staff looks forward to
hearing from you and serving you!
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