Quality Control at Eden

Quality Control at Eden
The Quality Control Staff at Eden Floral Farms are "flower care professionals." On arrival your flowers are first pre-cooled, then inspected, deep-cooled, and transferred to a refrigerated carrier once an order is placed. Click here to walk through the quality process at Eden Floral Farms.

Distribution only with Floral Wholesalers
An important part of our quality program is in our policy of selling only to pre-qualified Floral Wholesalers. The freshest flowers are delivered only through the traditional channel of distribution - from Grower/Importer - to Floral Wholesaler - to Florist. This allows continuous refrigerated transport from grower to consumer which is scientifically proven to be far superior to non-refrigerated delivery options. Indeed, Floral Wholesalers are your link to the freshest longest lasting flowers possible.

Floral Transportation Specialists
Eden Floral Farms delivers flowers to specialized floral transportation professionals. With refrigerated trucks, temperature control for flowers, and a daily focus on floral care these men and women are the quality link to the local Floral Wholesaler.



Eden Floral Farms cold room, quality inspection center, and loading dock are all refrigerated spaces designed to maintain the cold temperature needed for proper care and handling. This is the purpose of a Care and Handling Facility.

From this commitment to quality has come success for Eden Floral Farms. Starting in 1981, Eden Floral has grown to be one of the top floral distributors in Miami, with double-digit increases annually, improving their customer base and market share in the face of industry consolidation.

 

Imagine a floral Care and Handling Facility the size of half a football field, 50 yard line to the goal posts, and you visualize the magnitude of Eden Floral Farm's all new Miami headquarters. The facility and executive offices are located at 2153 NW 86 Avenue. Near the airport in the Doral-Beacon Center areas.

 

Eden Floral Farms celebrates their 20th year in business with the completion of one of the largest floral distribution centers in Miami independently owned and operated. The completion of this new Care and Handling Facility, with its 20,000 sq. ft. cold room, is a big step toward the fulfillment of a long-held vision to provide quality management for customers from the farm to their door.

The new Care and Handling facility is designed to utilize state-of-the-art environmental controls. New computerized refrigeration technology will give Eden Floral Farms absolute control of the temperature and humidity of the facility 24 hours a day. In addition, the system is designed with a back-up generator capable of running the complete plant during any interruption of power; service outage, tropical storm, or hurricane. These are important safety features needed for the proper care of flowers under all conditions. The facility’s design also allows Eden Floral Farms to keep flowers cold from door to door, even during holidays.

From when Eden Floral Farms picks up flowers from the airport in Miami until flowers are delivered to customers, the flowers are kept under refrigerated conditions which is essential to maintaining freshness.

Why the size? In order to provide all flowers with the proper care during all seasons- especially Valentines - this size is essential. With yearly growth for Eden Floral Farms in double-digits continued growth could be more a problem than an accomplishment, without the current expansion.

Refrigerated trucks of Eden Floral Farms pick-up flowers as they arrive at Miami International Airport. Immediately flowers are rushed to Eden Floral’s Care and Handling facility.

Our Airtight Dock ensures the hot Miami summer does not enter the Loading Dock Area. This allows the area to remain at an optimal temperature for loading and unloading perishable floral products.

From our refrigerated loading platform the flowers are whisked to one of 24 pre-cooling stations. Cold air from the coolers is drawn through the shipping cartons to remove warm air that accumulates inside due to the flowers own respiration and outside temperature changes.

Next, a sample is taken of flowers from each Airway Bill and hand inspected by Eden Floral Farms Quality Control team. If any flowers do not pass inspection they are disposed of.

 

When the flowers pass inspection, they are returned to the “Deep Cooling Area” where we bring the temperature of the flowers down to hibernation level with cold room temperatures ranging from 32 to 33 degrees F.

 

With the necessary space available for staging, orders that are placed before cut-off are transferred to the customer’s carrier of choice without leaving a properly cooled environment.

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