Post-a-Rose Online Florist is part of Ballakinnish Nurseries Ltd, which is a family run business and is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2008. Mountain View NurseriesThe business was started in 1908 when the Richard Hotchkiss the Great-Grandfather of the present Managing Director Mark Hotchkiss - took on Mountain View Nurseries as a hobby. The business went from strength to strength then growing a range of cut flowers, fruit & vegetables, which were retailed through two shops in Douglas.