FIG. 01 - THE TUBE, EXPLODED
Every fresh order leaves the studio in the same five-layer tube. It looks like overkill until you have seen a bouquet ride through a hailstorm unscathed, which it has.
Layer 1: the tube
Rigid recycled-cardboard cylinder. It takes an accidental kick, a stacked parcel, and a courier bike pothole without touching the petals inside. Bring it back on your next order and we take $10 off, because the tube is the expensive part.
Layer 2: the tissue
Printed in-house, soy ink on recycled tissue. It holds the stems loosely in a cone so they cannot rattle sideways. It is also the part that makes the tube feel like a present.
Layer 3: the aqua pack
The stems sit in a sealed pouch of conditioned water with flower food already dissolved. In summer the pack carries a food-grade gel that keeps the water cool for a couple of hours. In a winter cold snap it gets wrapped in an insulating sleeve instead.

Layer 4: the card and feed
Your message typeset on cotton stock, plus a sachet of flower food for the first vase fill. The card goes in a paper sleeve so it arrives clean even if the aqua pack sweats.
Layer 5: what is not in there
No floral foam. The green brick is a microplastic that sheds into waterways, so we build structure with kenzans and wire instead. No cellophane, no plastic ribbon, no glitter. The materials ledger on the about page lists everything we use and everything we refuse to.
None of this is magic, it is just packing done properly. But it is why a bouquet approved at 10:58 still looks approved at 18:40 on a doorstep in Sandy Bay.
BENCH NOTE
Save the tube. It is worth $10 to us, which is why it is worth $10 to you.
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