Scotland’s largest and longest established independent retail florist, Williamson’s started out as growers of fresh flowers and vegetables in 1935, soon after opening their first flower shop, with great customer support over the next  80 years Williamson’s continued to expanded their high street presence to a peak of 14 flower shops throughout Scotland.

In 1997 Williamson’s identified a change in shopping habits expressed by our valued customers so in 1998 www.myflorist.co.uk  was born, 22 years later our online purchasing channel sits integrated alongside our traditional high street retailing.

Jim qualified with distinction in city & guilds floristry examination, the youngest to hold the National Diploma of the Society of Floristry in the UK, and won the Scottish Florist of The Year competition in Leeds Town Hall. Jim was selected to represent the United Kingdom in the World Cup of Floristry on two occasions in Tokyo, Japan and in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This competition is held every 4 years and Jim gained Sixth place in the world on both occasions, he went on to become the youngest ever to win the British florist of the year award.

Jim has had enormous influence on the florist industry and its development of design led floristry over the years, having contributed to industry standards and designed for many worldwide design publications. He has devoted his expertise to expanding the company to be the largest independent employer within retail floristry in the UK.