Our History

Our story begins with founder Pamela Parker. After working in the floral industry for thirteen years in Minneapolis, Pam returned to Indiana to live on the family farm. A third generation farmer, Pam developed her love of flowers and growing from her deep Indiana roots. J P Parker Flowers was born when her sister, Janet, became her first employee,.They began growing flowers such as sunflowers, alliums and zinnias on the family farm. While Pam enjoyed growing flowers, she missed the corporate and event floral work she had been involved in Minneapolis .She had produced major projects for clients such as General Mills and as a personal designer for the Pillsbury family. In 1986, Pam decided to follow her passion and return to event and corporate flowers.

Indianapolis’ Historic Union Station is where JP Parker Flowers made its local debut in the event industry.

The executives of Union Station invited a handful of talented designers from across Indiana to compete for this highly sought after opportunity to design and decorate the venue for the Holidays. With nothing more than a mind full of ideas and a briefcase in hand, Pam beat out the competition and landed the contract. In a few short months, she and Janet assembled a makeshift team, and they handily completed this enormous task.

With the well deserved recognition for their décor and design work at Union Station, JP Parker Flowers truly began to blossom. Fabulous florals for The Pan Am Games, American Bus and the 100 year anniversary of the Columbia Club were just a few of their décor accomplishments. After opening a storefront first in Franklin, Indiana, they then branched out to their Indianapolis location in 2008.

Success with numerous corporate clients soon led to weddings and after several exciting years Pam felt she had come full circle when she returned to Union Station to produce a large event for Super Bowl XLI in 2012.

Our Present

In January 2023, Pam Parker sold her business to Elizabeth Snepp. The JP Parker staff of 26 thrives on bringing the client’s vision to life. From traditional to contemporary, small to large events, or celebrating every day life moments, we are your go to florist. We cover much of central Indiana with our delivery and services.Elizabeth also farm grows crops alongside her husband, Rob, and their 2 sons, Riley & Carter. As 4th generation farmers, Elizabeth’s love of flowers has added some diversification to the operation with a greenhouse business, as well.
Elizabeth will continue to provide JP Parker farm-to-table fresh cut flowers from her beautiful farm in Shelby County.

Our Future

The goal of JP Parker Flowers remains - providing gorgeous custom designs and excellence in customer service with a personal touch. With our focus on the future, JP Parker Flowers will continue to dazzle and raise the bar as a trendsetter in the floral industry.