Original run time was 23 minutes. The 23 minute cut showed at twelve film festivals across the world and is available with the 15 minute version on the DVD.
Outline for shot list, location, questions, etc., was accidentally thrown away by a fellow worker, when left on the trash truck, the day before shooting began.
Jeff M. Giordano's first professional film outside of film school. "Among Garbage & Flowers" was shot the summer after his first year at North Carolina School of the Arts: School of Filmmaking.