Green Mountain Floral Supply Inc.
Vermont’s premier provider of wholesale cut flowers and floral supplies
Join Green Mountain Floral Supply for it’s 33rd annual Open House! Come see all our amazing decor, new displays and get inspired for the holiday seasons. We will be offering deep discounts and design workshops with Jayson Munn. To learn more Click Here!
We are excited to unveil our inspired new showroom, meticulously designed to ignite creativity and elevate your floral offerings for spring, summer, and the 2025 wedding season. Led by our esteemed guest artist and designer-in-residence, Marlin Hargrove, AIFD, PFCI, AAF of Atlanta, our showrooms have been transformed into immersive design spaces that captivate and inspire.
Embark on a visual journey through our four unique spaces, each carefully curated to showcase the season’s most stunning botanical trends:
Step into a space inspired by Monet’s Water Lilies, where soft, serene tones of blue florals, ribbons, and greens undulate with delicate grace. This tranquil environment invites you to explore the subtle beauty of aquatic-inspired design.
Adjacent to the Monet Room, our Gold Room blazes with the shimmering warmth of peach, crimson, coral, and red hues. This vibrant space celebrates the bold and passionate side of floral design.
Seasonal Highlights
Our curated collection features:
These carefully selected elements are designed to complement the colors, textures, and trends of the season, providing everything you need to inspire your upcoming event designs, weddings, and retail displays.
A Personal Invitation
Join Green Mountain Floral Supply owner Tom Jennings and Marlin as they guide you through each of our four beautifully designed spaces, sharing expert insights and the inspiration behind every detail.
We can’t wait to welcome you and help you discover the endless possibilities for your floral creations.
Every autumn for more than 25 years, nearly 15,000 square feet of showroom space at Green Mountain Floral Supply is transformed into a dazzling wonderland for our week-long Annual Fall & Holiday Open House. This year was no exception.
“Hosting our annual Fall and Holiday Open House is more than just showcasing our showrooms and blooms,” said Tom Jennings, owner of Green Mountain Floral Supply. It’s about building relationships. It gives our customers the opportunity to see the quality of our goods firsthand, learn about the care and passion that goes into our work, meet our staff, and feel confident in choosing us as their trusted wholesale supplier. It’s our way of saying, ‘We’re here for you, and we value your business.’”
As customers from Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, and as far away as Maine and Massachusetts, stepped through the main entrance they were greeted by a beautifully decorated grand archway woven with garland, winter berries, snowflakes, toboggans and festive ribbon galore. Snow-capped, fully decorated faux trees in blue and silver, rich gold and red, and dazzling white, created inviting twinkling vignettes for customers to browse in wonder.
Everywhere, the space radiated warmth, creativity, and inspiration, leaving customers eager to bring the magic of the season into their own businesses.
A number of new things made this year’s Open House extra engaging. Customers were invited to enjoy a special Opening Reception to kick-off the annual event, meet and mingle with Green Mountain Floral Supply’s long-time friend and Open House specialty guest designer, Marlin Hargrove, AIFD, PFCI, AAF, of Atlanta, connect with fellow floral enthusiasts and professionals, and enjoy refreshments. A challenging showroom-based scavenger hunt activity as well as a first-ever food drive to benefit the local South Burlington Food Shelf also provided a unique way for customers to interact and help benefit the larger community. Participation in both activities provided customers an opportunity to enter the Open House raffle. Congratulations again to Annette of Dragonfly Florals in Highgate Center, Vermont who won a 5’ pre-lit Federal faux Christmas tree.
With more than 40 years experience, Marlin Hargrove has established himself as an influential leader in the floral industry and was the perfect professional to partner with on this year’s Open House educational programming.
Marlin generously shared his ebullient personality, diverse expertise, deep knowledge base and “Marlinisms” with Green Mountain Floral Supply customers through a full day of back-to-back complimentary professional education sessions and exclusive showroom tours.
“The best thing about floristry is plan b, c, and d” and “(As designers and floral professionals) we need to be curious about everything” or “a little bit is good, a lot is better!”, imparted Marlin to the floral customers gathered around him during his educational sessions. Topics ranged from bow tying and creative ribbon; artful wreaths; hardgood mechanics; transitional decorating through Thanksgiving to Christmas to Winter, window decor; and much more. Customers shared overwhelmingly positive feedback about Marlin’s overall accessibility and approachability as he handled their questions with ease, sharing details and engaging stories from his long career in many different facets of the floral industry.
Throughout the full Open House week, customers also visited to take advantage of reserved showroom appointments, exclusive show specials, themed lunches, and in-house led hands-on demonstrations on bow and corsage/boutonniere making.
Mark your calendar now for our next Green Mountain Floral Supply Annual Fall & Holiday Open House, October 25 – November 1, 2025.
Our annual Open House is an exclusive opportunity to mix, mingle, and explore the latest in fall/holiday florals and décor. Featuring Atlanta-based Specialty Designer Marlin Hargrove to share his creative vision and unique perspective of the floral industry. Join us!
October 26 – November 2, 2024
Green Mountain Floral Supply
45 Swift Street
South Burlington, Vermont
Experience a winter wonderland full of blooms and holiday décor ideas. Enjoy exclusive show discounts, floral demonstrations, and refreshments while browsing our stunning selection of fresh flowers, greenery, and supplies. This is the perfect opportunity to stock up for the holidays and connect with fellow floral enthusiasts and professionals!
5PM – 7PM | Opening Reception
Light bites and cheer, scavenger hunt, raffle, holiday magic, and much, much more!
6PM | Showroom Tour with Specialty Designer, Marlin Hargrove
Learn more about Marlin below
7AM – 5PM | Showroom Appointments
8AM | Breakfast w/ Marlin
9AM – 3:30PM | Professional Education Sessions w/ Marlin
9AM | Bow Tying & Creative Ribbon
More than Buffalo Plaid!
9:30AM | Ribbon Wreaths
Year-round wedding possibilities on a shepherd’s hook
10AM | Artful Wreath Decorating
More than pinecones & berries
10:30AM | Showroom Tour w/ Marlin
11AM | Hardgoods Mechanics
What is “THIS” for?
12PM | Lunch
1PM | Transitional Decorating
Thanksgiving to Christmas to Winter
2PM | Window Décor
Storefront/Client décor: maximizing visual space
3PM | Bow Tying & Creative Ribbon
Unidirectional & wide, etc.
9AM – 1PM | Showroom Appointments
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 1PM | Showroom Appointments
With more than 40 years of experience, Marlin has established himself as an influential leader in the floral industry.
He is a graduate of Georgia Southern University with a BBA in Marketing and received formal design training through his studies with several floral design institutions. In addition to his years in the retail sector, his career is well-rounded, having held management and design positions in both the wholesale and manufacturing levels of the industry. This exposure led to many opportunities, from personnel management and visual merchandising to product development, procurement, and promotion.
He is the owner and creative director of Marlin Hargrove Designs, LLC, and serves as a design consultant for the Pete Garcia Company, Atlanta. Capitalizing on his varied experience, he brings to the table a realistic perspective balancing the constantly changing world market with the challenges that face today’s floral artisans.
He is an active member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, the Professional Floral Communicators-International and the American Academy of Floriculture. As Marlin carves out a new professional path, he maintains a busy schedule of traveling and sharing his passion for flowers through his unique style and candor.
We’re excited to share in the holiday magic with you. Please call or email us to secure your two-hour showroom Open House appointment.
When Charles Jennings started a wholesale floral supply business in the state of Vermont in 1982, he intended to name the fledgling company Green Mountain Floral Supply. However, at the moment of registering the business he submitted the paperwork with the name Green Mountain Florist Supply. Intentional? Inadvertent? We’ll never know. But through forty years of doing business many of our customers, and even some of our employees, have referred to our company using the floral instead of florist iteration of our name.
Fast forward to 2023. With the COVID-19 pandemic in our rear-view mirror, we are looking ahead to the future of the floral industry with a brand-new name and brand-new image. Our new name and logo honor the roots of our company by giving a nod to a historical logo we used over 30 years ago, while also incorporating a name that represents what our business is today.
Green Mountain Floral Supply has grown to become the Northeast’s largest purveyor of fresh cut flowers and floral supply products, as well as establishing itself as a pillar in the floral industry. As we embark on this new chapter, we’re excited about the possibilities ahead and feel our new name and logo provide a fresh canvas for us to develop innovative solutions and further elevate the art of floral design.
As part of our brand freshening, we are currently in the process of building a whole new website. The new site will incorporate a range of helpful new information and functionality that we’re excited to share with you soon — and we’ll continue to fill it with increasing value to our customers over time. In the meantime, we’ve outfitted our existing website with our new logo and branding.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our loyal customers, whose unwavering support has been instrumental in shaping our journey. And we invite you to join us on this exciting adventure as we continue to grow, thrive, and make lasting contributions to the floral industry.
