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July | 2023
Design
ELEVATED
STATEMENT
CENTERPIECE
LARGE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
AND INSTALLATIONS ARE MADE
EASIER WITH THE STURDY NEW
OASIS
®
EVENT SADDLE.
Floral design, photos, video and text by
Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD
Presented by Smithers-Oasis North America
e new OASIS® Event Saddle provides a stable foundation
for abundant fl ower arrangements for everyday and
event work—and even sympathy and memorial designs.
e sturdy saddles can accommodate one or two bricks
of OASIS® Floral Foam Maxlife, one OASIS® Grande
Brick (equal to two bricks of fl oral foam) and
even an OASIS® Designer Block, and they
can support designs up to 50 pounds and 50
inches in length. In addition, holes in bases of
the saddles make it easy to attach the
saddles to any structure, enabling the
creation of fl ower installations of all
types. For this feature, I chose the
Event Saddle as the bedrock for
this large elevated centerpiece.
Step 1
Soak an OASIS
®
Midnight
Floral Foam Maxlife Grande
Brick (equal to two bricks of foam)
in properly proportioned FloraLife
®
Express Universal 300 vase
nutrient solution until it is fully
saturated. Then, place the fl oral
foam brick into an OASIS
®
Event
Saddle and secure it with OASIS
®
Midnight Waterproof Tape.
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