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the delivery tube

Five layers stand between a Hobart street and your stems. Here is what each one does, why we refuse to use floral foam, and why the box comes back to us on your next order.

Behind the bench 26 October 2026 · 5 min read · by Tom
Delivery tube opened layer by layer on the studio bench

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.

Aqua pack sealed around the base of stems

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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