About Us

Ralph A. Giordano Jr.

Ralph A. Giordano Jr. AIFD, CFD, FSMD

Ralph is a 4th generation florist who's family came to the United States from Italy in the early 1900's. They started out pushing fruit and flower carts down the streets of Harlem until the 1920's when they opened "Ralph A. Giordano Funeral Home". They followed the opening of the funeral home with the opening of "Giordano's Pelham Bay Florist". Being born the day after Mother's Day, Ralph was immediately introduced to the floral industry following the holiday rush, and hasn't slowed down since.

Ralph began working in his family's floral shop as a young child, sweeping floors and processing flowers, and by the time he was a teenager, he was producing wedding bouquets and store-front designs. At the age of 21, Ralph was working as an assistant manager at a shop in South Florida, until the opportunity to purchase his own shop came along. In March of 1998, Ralph and his wife, Leslie, purchased and began running "Flowers by Ann Smith" here at our current location. Two years later the name of the shop was changed to "Giordano's Floral Creations" to honor Ralph's Family's business in New York.

Since his ownership began, over 20 years ago, Ralph has completed thousands of weddings, served well over 100,000 customers, and has won numerous local awards from various businesses in our community, as well as the countless sponsorship and donations he has contributed. He has spent the past years educating himself in modern design, as well as maintaining his knowledge in traditional floral design. Ralph has become a well known staple in the floral industry across the nation, as well as in our community.

Thank you for your loyalty and for your valuable time.

Payment Options

We accept the following payment methods:

• Visa 
• MasterCard
• Discover/NOVUS 
• Diners Club
• Carte Blanche 
• JCB
• American Express 

Contact Information

If you have any questions or need more information, please email us at Gfloral@comcast.net or call us directly at (800)638-4498. We're always here to serve you and make your flower-sending experience a pleasure.

Specialty Services

We specialize in the following services:

-Large inventory of fresh flowers
-Tropicals
-Plants
-European/dish gardens
-Contemporary and traditional arrangements
-High-style floral arrangements
-Silk arrangements
-Dried floral arrangements
-Weddings
-Funeral designs
-Extensive gift line
-Gourmet and fruit baskets
-Gift baskets
-Greeting cards
-Candles
-Candy
-Collectibles

Areas Served

Delivery Policy

A local delivery fee of $14.00 will be added to each order, for each address. (For deliveries outside our local delivery area, this fee may vary.)
U.S. orders must be received before 12:00 p.m. in the recipient's time zone to assure same-day delivery. Orders received after that time will be delivered the following day.
We will do our best to accommodate deliveries at specific times of day, but we cannot guarantee it.
We are unable to make deliveries on Sundays except funeral orders with advanced notice. Deliveries requested on this day will be delivered the following business day.
Delivery of orders to rural route addresses or cemeteries cannot be guaranteed.
We will be happy to accept your international orders if you call our shop directly. We are unable to accept international orders over the Internet.

Substitution Policy

Occasionally, substitutions may be necessary to create your bouquet due to the availability of certain flowers in various parts of the country. Care is taken to maintain the style, theme and color scheme of the arrangement, using flowers of equal value. Additionally, the substitution of certain keepsake items may be necessary due to increased demand, especially during major holidays. In single-flower arrangements, such as an all rose bouquet, or orchids, we will make every attempt to match the flower type, but may substitute with another color.