Floral mechanics

You may have heard of floral foam, or sometimes known as Oasis, but have you heard of it’s health risks and associated environmental issues?

I don’t use floral foam in my floristry. I want you to be able to compost the flowers once they have faded and know that no chemicals are being fed back into your soil.

Floral foam contains a wealth of nasty chemicals including formaldehyde and sulphur dioxide as well as being made of plastic. It has been associated with health risks including cancer and infertility. It is really a very unpleasant material.

In my more open floral arrangements where the structure of floral foam may have been used in the past, I use floral frogs made from glass or sometimes chicken wire. These items can be reused time and time again and pose no health risks to the florist or receiver of the flowers.

We take sustainability and environmental issues very seriously and are proud of the fact that our flowers don’t cost the Earth.

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