Your flowers arrive ready.
Stems are stripped, cut at 45°, and conditioned before they reach you. Chrysal flower food is included with every order. Here’s how to keep them at their best.
Cut fresh from the garden for you.
Unlike flowers you get at the florist or supermarket, these have been cut fresh from the garden just for you, with no trucking, cooling and detours to the wholesale market. They are as fresh as you can get, look after them with these straightforward care instructions and you’ll be delighted with their vase life.
Care instructions
Three things that matter.
Straight into water with flower food: arrange on the day.
Stems are already stripped and cut at 45°, so there is nothing to prepare. Tip the full contents of the enclosed flower food envelope into a clean vase of cool water, stir briefly, and place your flowers straight in. These are cut to order and best arranged today.
The enclosed flower food is Chrysal Professional 3: a professional-grade formula containing a sugar, acidifier, and biocide. The biocide suppresses bacterial growth at the cut surface from the moment your flowers go into water. Add it immediately, not later.
Position deliberately: heat and fruit are the main culprits.
Direct sun and heating vents accelerate water loss and petal deterioration. The fruit bowl is less obvious but equally significant: ripening fruit releases ethylene gas, which actively degrades petals. It’s a biochemical response, not just a cautionary note. A cool spot away from the kitchen fruit bowl makes a measurable difference in vase life.
Fresh water and a trim every 2-3 days.
Empty the vase fully, re-trim each stem by about a centimetre to expose fresh vascular tissue, and refill immediately with cool water and flower food. Add the flower food at the same time as the fresh water, not after. Rinsing the vase each time removes bacterial build-up that shortens vase life faster than most people expect.
Topping up between changes: plain cool water is fine. The full refresh (empty, trim, refill with flower food) is what keeps stems taking up water effectively.
Packaging
Nothing belongs in landfill.
All packaging is chosen to leave your bin lighter. Here’s what’s in your order and what to do with it.
Paper envelope
The flower food comes in an upcycled paper envelope. Tip it into your vase and put the envelope in kerbside recycling.
Jute string
Untie and put it straight into the garden or compost bin. It breaks down completely: no microplastics, no bin waste.
No plastic
Every packaging decision here is intentional. If anything ever changes, it will be noted on your care card.
Want flowers next week?
Slow flower arrangements available to order online. Weekly arrangements also at Westerly café, Kingsville: ask the staff where they’re from.