Answers About Flower Arranging and this siteDo I have to be a business to order? No. This is a retail site and the products are available to anyone.
How can I order more than one of an item? Click on Basket Contents, at the left center top of the page in the shopping cart, then type in the correct quantity in the quantity box that corresponds to the item you want to change. Be sure to CLICK UPDATE. You will see the dollar amount will be adjusted to match the new quantity selected. This confirms that you succeeded in changing the quantity. Why don't you offer free shipping? There is no such thing as free shipping. The cost of "free" shipping is included in the product prices. At AFY, your shipping cost is weight-based and calculates the distance your package will travel. You choose the means of shipping and the speed. You pay only your fair cost based on your needs.
I ordered foam spheres but they don't weigh as much as the website says. Shippers, including the Postal Service, charge for "dimensional weight" or how much room a package takes up on the truck. Some items, like floral foam, don't weigh much but take up a lot of space. The weight shown is intended to compensate for this shipping cost. Is Rainbow Foam® the same as regular Oasis® Floral Foam? It is completely different but can be used in many of the same ways as well as some new ways! It can be used wet or dry. Soaking time is longer with OASIS Rainbow Foam. As with any kind of floral foam, if you are using it wet, you should let it absorb the water and not try to rush it. You want it to have time to soak through. Rainbow foam will take 3-5 minutes to fully saturate. It is normal for Rainbow foam to drain water. Add water to your arrangement every day and add it to the TOP of the foam - not the bottom or to the container. Also, it is much more dense than green floral foam. Can my garden club get a discount? Your garden club can apply for affiliate status. Whenever your members click on an Arranged For You link in your group's website, your club will earn a percentage of your members' purchase totals. Also, affiliates will receive special offers and may request bulk pricing for special events or fund raising. What is Mache? A mache form is a green paper mache form that lends strength and stability to floral foam. The patented, segmented shapes offered by the Smithers Oasis Company help contain water drips, allowing for display of the designs you make in an upright position. Shapes like ovals, wreaths, hearts, crosses and squares are offered. The moisture retaining floral foam provides water to plant material without need for water tubes in most cases. Some things, like orchids, will still need water tubes to provide sufficient moisture. The foam is glued to the mache form. I belong to a flower arranging group at
our village church. We are keen to find an eco friendly floral foam. Do you
know if such a thing exists? Where can I find monkey puzzle vine like that featured on the front cover of Betty Belcher's book Creative Flower Arranging? Florida designer Allan Sykes advises that Monkey Puzzle vine is now classified an endangered. Originally from Costa Rica, it is no longer available. (Sykes was a featured designer at the 2006 National Garden Clubs convention in Orlando, FL). I have tall skinny vases and I am unable to put foam in the bottom to hold the flowers. What can I do to hold the flowers in place? There are a few solutions to that dilemma, depending on the diameter of the tall, skinny vase, and whether it is opaque or glass.
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