Flower Shop and Garden Center in Jamaica since 1982, Shields & Shields is Jamaica's leading & most prestigious center for flowers and plants, pioneering the growing of fresh cut flowers and potted plants. Floral arrangements and floral gifts in Jamaica are supplied daily to customers 7 days weekly. Shields & Shields has promoted this area by sending its florists overseas for training. The company
has also organized floral workshops for Jamaican florists island wide with the help of the Dutch Government (NMCP) and by inviting internationally recognized florists to Jamaica to conduct workshops. Fresh cut flowers in Jamaica have been extensively grown by Shields & Shields Greenhouses, including many new and improved cut flower crops for commercial florists’ use such as greenhouse rose varieties and Dutch gerberas. Fresh cut flower shop in Jamaica was first set up by Shields and Shields, making a wide variety of fresh cut flowers become more available for and popular with housewives who visit Shields & Shields to purchase fresh flowers for homes & churches. Greenhouse culture, drip irrigation, the use of professional soil mixes are a few of the many innovations introduced in Jamaica by Shields & Shields Greenhouses. Orchids in Jamaica, garden plants, pot plants, and rose plants are grown and supplied island wide. Poinsettias Christmas pot plant in Jamaica, was seriously promoted first by Shields and Shields from hybrid cuttings imported in 1972 from Holland and America. Bedding plants in Jamaica were also first introduced in large scale plantings by Shields and Shields. Its Barbican Road location is a landmark in Jamaica.
