Kennicott Brothers

Kennicott Brothers operates one of the largest regional wholesale flower networks in the United States — 15 local wholesale flower markets spanning the Midwest, Southeast and East Coast. Their company headquarters and original market are in Chicago, where they run a buying location at 452 N. Ashland Ave. and a home office at 1638 W. Hubbard St.

The value proposition for wedding florists is regional density: in any of Kennicott's market cities, you get the buying power of a national distributor combined with a local pickup point and a familiar account rep. For Chicago wedding designers, the Ashland Avenue store opens by 6am on weekdays — the standard early-morning window for trade buyers planning Saturday installs.

Kennicott carries everything from everyday roses and greens through hard goods, supplies and seasonal specialties, which makes them a viable one-stop for studios that don't have the time to coordinate orders from three separate sources.