How Scilly Flowers works
Sustainable flowers sent direct from field to front door - a thoughtful and great value gift.
Based at Churchtown Farm on St Martin's in the Isles of Scilly we've been growing and sending gift boxes of scented flowers for over 30 years. There is a wide choice of flower delivery services but few can rival us for expertise and provenance.
We're a small team who all work at the farm. If you ever have a query about our service, it's easy to contact us by phone or email.
We grow flowers year round in small fields sheltered from the Atlantic by tall hedges. In the winter we grow the traditional flower crop of the Isles of Scilly, scented narcissi and in the summer we grow scented pinks. Between these main crops we grow a selection of other flowers.
As the flowers come direct from where they are grown outdoors without additional heat or light, not only are you sending a gift of the freshest flowers for a great price but they’re environmentally friendly too.
Once the details of your order have been checked the delivery label is printed. In our packing shed your flowers are simply but beautifully wrapped only in paper to minimise plastic packaging and placed snugly in a sturdy cardboard gift box.
All our flowers are sent by 1st Class Royal Mail. Once packed the flowers are taken by post boat to the main island of St Mary's and then onwards by plane, or occasionally boat, to join the mainland postal network.
Most of our flowers arrive the next day or the day after they leave us but due to our remote location we do occasionally have delays due to weather. All our flowers are guaranteed so if there is ever a problem with our service please let us know so that we can put it right.
Tucked under the flowers is some flower food and a little booklet giving handy tips on how to best care for the flowers. There is also a bit of information about our farm and how we grow your flowers. Importantly, we never include any information about the price of the flowers.
Because we don't use glossy coatings on our boxes, the whole box along with the wrapping paper can go straight into household recycling. Of course, ultimately, the flowers are 100% compostable making a box of our flowers one of the most environmentally friendly delivered presents you can give.
And don’t forget if you ever do have any problems with our service, please let us know so we can put things right.
Watch our farm video
It's not a long watch. Hopefully, just long enough for you to get a real feel of where your flowers come from and the magic that is the Isles of Scilly.
And if it piques your curiosity and you would like to know more about the small island where we live and work please click on the button below to learn more about St Martin’s.