Melrose International got its start in 1985 as Melrose Gardens. Our small, Quincy, Illinois based company cultivated and dried local flowers and then sold them to area florists. Offering quality products and superb customer service, we found success quickly in our small niche. But one bad crop year in the early 1990s forced our company's original owners to branch out into other areas of dried florals and complement that with a silk floral line.