UAE rooms are hard on cut flowers. The studio is cool and humid; the recipient’s table often sits under air-conditioning, near a window, or in a lobby with moving air. The arrangement can look tired a day earlier than it should if it is treated like a northern-climate bouquet.
These are the instructions we give with every delivery. They are not decorative. They are how the piece holds its shape.
Unpack and recut
Open the wrap as soon as it arrives. Stems left in a sealed sleeve heat up. Recut each stem on a diagonal, about two centimetres, with a clean knife or sharp scissors. Straight cuts sit flat on the vase floor and drink poorly.
Water, vessel, and placement
- Use a clean vase. Residue from a previous bouquet is enough to cloud the water overnight
- Fill with cool tap water and refresh it daily, recutting the stems when you do
- Keep the arrangement away from direct sun, AC vents, fruit bowls, and kitchen heat
- If the room is very dry, a light mist on foliage helps; do not soak open blooms
What we already did at the studio
Stems are conditioned before they leave: hydrated, stripped of foliage that would sit below the waterline, and packed so they travel without crushing. Same-day pieces stay in the cooler until the courier window. Once they are in the recipient’s room, the rest is placement and water.
If a design arrives in a floral foam or a sealed box, follow the card in the package. Do not lift the foam out to “give the flowers more space.” That structure is holding the composition.