by Becky Bradbury | Feb 9, 2018 | Press
Think roses are the obvious choice for Valentine’s Day? A Scilly-based flower farm would beg to differ. In a blog entitled ‘Battle of the Flowers’, Zoe Julian sets out her case for scented narcissi as a Valentine’s gift to remember. Admitting her own bias as the...
by Becky Bradbury | Jul 14, 2016 | Press
Scented pinks are blooming marvellously on the Isles of Scilly, providing Churchtown Farm on the idyllic off-island of St Martin’s with a record-breaking crop of the popular, delicately fragranced flowers. Whilst many of us have been bemoaning a lack of continuous...
by Becky Bradbury | Nov 17, 2015 | Press
Family run flower farm, Scilly Flowers, has been named Small Business of the Year at the Western Morning News Business Awards. Ben and Zoe Julian who run the thriving flower delivery business from Churchtown Farm on St Martin’s, which is one of the smaller Isles of...
by Becky Bradbury | Jun 8, 2015 | Press
For the first time, the entire crop of scented pinks currently being picked and posted out by Scilly Flowers has been grown in coconut fibre – a sustainable alternative to the peat bags previously used. The company, which is based at Churchtown Farm on the tiny island...
by Becky Bradbury | Jan 27, 2015 | Press
It’s the busiest time of the year for a Scilly flower farmer, but Ben Julian, co-owner of St Martin’s-based Scilly Flowers, has flown off to Malaysia as a ShelterBox volunteer to help those whose homes have been destroyed by intense monsoon flooding. Ben and his...
