Celebrating Over 75 Years

At the age of thirteen. Clarence Levi Flowers. leaves his homeland of Jamaica to seek employment in Grand Cayman. Over the years he is inspired to follow his dream of becoming an entrepreneur.

As the Cayman Islands prepares for tourism, Clarence pioneers a service for consistent, drinkable water by catching fresh rain in cisterns and distributing it through Flowers Water Transport. A year later, Clarence proposes to his South Sound sweetheart, Miss Jen Hinds. As a gesture of love, he vows to build her "the toughest house on the rock". Clarence teases a Government-owned block machine that was used only for commercial properties and produced 60 units a day, all by hand. Soon, other locals hire Clarence to manufacture concrete blocks for their homes. As Owen Roberts International Airport welcomes the first airline tourists, Clarence and Jen expand the business to include baggage handling, general aviation services and eventually, passenger screening through Flowers Air Dispatch Service (FADS). 

Clarence joins a group of Caymanian investors who establish the first locally owned bank, Cayman National (CNC KY) and the Cayman Water Company (CWCO) to pipe drinking water to hotels on Seven Mile Beach. Flowers Bottled Water begins delivering 5-gallon bottles to corporate and residential customers, as newlyweds Richard and Sandra Flowers take the reins. C.L. Flowers & Sons purchase the first Super 22 Columbia machine in the Caribbean that can output over 12,000 blocks per day. 

After Injuries from a 30-year running streak which included over a dozen marathons, Frank Sr. learns to swim at the age of 39. He parlays this newfound passion Into the Flowers One Mile Sea Swim. an annual charity event that promotes healthy living for swimmers of any age. Orchid Development commences phase one of Cricket Square, a property that sets new standards In commercial real estate. Two years later the Brasserie Restaurant opens. under the leadership of Clarence Bradley and Lisa Flowers. Building on their founding principle of diversification,  Flowers is a trailblazer in the region by expanding into insulated concrete forms (ICF), an innovative alternative that reduces electricity consumption on new construction. FADS procures equipment to service containerized aircrafts, which which paves the way for transatlantic travel to the Cayman Islands.

Cricket Square continues to revitalize Central George Town as they expand with multiple phases, restaurants and state-of-the-art gym. Flowers Sea Swim is named one of the top ten open water swims in the world, as Frank Sr. becomes the first person in the Caribbean to receive the Max Ritter Award, the highest honor bestowed from USA Swimming. FADS acquires Air Agencies, a former client who was also a pioneer in creating an FBO for private aircrafts and other specialty services. The next generation of the family arrives with Frank Jr's daughter, Sinclair, followed by Dara's children Alexandra and Lucas.