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Sustainable Floral Design

Smithers-Oasis has grown into a leading global manufacturer and marketer of floral foam, floral design tools and accessories, and postharvest products. As a global company, Smithers-Oasis features a network of offices and facilities around the world. Smithers-Oasis is committed to sustainability and focuses on products that make a better world for all of us! This includes a more sustainable line of floral foundation products and educational initiatives.

Consumers prefer purchasing from retailers with sustainable practices and offerings! Offer eco-friendly products, share your sustainability practices and tell your customers you have taken steps to be earth friendly. 

OASIS® Floral Foam Maxlife

OASIS® Floral Foams are simply the best products in the industry for long-lasting flower life. Each variety of foam allows you to create with confidence while consistently saving you time and labor. Count on OASIS® Floral Foam Maxlife to support you with ultra-consistent floral foam made for maximum flower life. This product degrades by 75% within one year in an anaerobic environment (ASTM D5511).

OASIS® Midnight Floral Foam Maxlife

The dry gray foam transforms to rich black when soaked, creating the perfect canvas for any design. From traditional to bold, OASIS® Midnight fits any style! Leave OASIS® Midnight Floral Foam visible to create minimalist floral designs that are both on-trend and perfect for the modern consumer. This product degrades by 75% within one year in an anaerobic environment (ASTM D5511).

OASIS® TerraBrick™ Floral Media

Floral design meets the industry’s first compostable, patent-pending floral media with OASIS® TerraBrick™ Floral Media. Plant-based, compostable, and re-usable for plants, this media is easy-to-design and boasts very good flower life.

  • TerraBrick Design Media

    TerraBrick Design Media

FibreFloral™ Design Media

Effortlessly create natural-looking designs from FibreFloral™ Design Media from Smithers-Oasis. Derived from natural volcanic basalt rock, this product is easy-to-use to create stunning arrangements for any customer.

  • FibreFloral Design Media

    FibreFloral Design Media

FloraLife® Express Ultra 300 and Crystal Clear® Ultra

Ultra concentration means the product is optimally concentrated to significantly reduce waste in water, packaging and transport. This means the product has all the great benefits of the regular FloraLife® Express Universal 300 and FloraLife Crystal Clear® but more optimally concentrated, leading to a lower overall footprint on the planet.

OASIS® ECOssentials™ Containers

Today’s floral professionals are concerned about their impact on the environment. These reusable containers are a must try! Available in modern shapes and colors, they are made from natural materials such as bamboo fiber, coffee husks and straw. The deep water reservoir keeps flowers hydrated and fresh.

Glass

The glassware line by OASIS® Floral Products offers dozens of different shapes favored by florists worldwide. Available in multiple sizes, the glassware is great to use for statement event pieces or everyday designs. It is reusable and proudly made in the USA.

OASIS® Event Saddle

The OASIS® Event Saddle does it all! From events to sympathy designs. Engineered to support a single brick of floral foam, double brick of floral foam, a Grande Block and even a Designer Block. So many options for all your event needs. It is made of 70% recycled materials and can be recycled or reused.

Process Innovation

Deliflor is the largest chrysanthemum breeder worldwide offering more than 300 different cultivars.  Deliflor Americas is the first company in the floriculture industry in Colombia to be awarded with the Carbon Neutral certification by Icontec reflecting their commitment to great flowers and a great earth.

New Varieties

The Rio Rose Equiflor StoryHIllside 2

For the past three decades, Equiflor, a privately held company, has been a leading fresh flower grower and distributor in the north American region. From our state-of-the-art distribution center near Miami International Airport, we manage the growth, importation, distribution, and marketing of roses, carnations, and specialty flowers from the major growing regions of the world.

A leader in independent flower growing & importing

Rio knows quality. With over 700 acres of fresh flower farms in primary production centers across Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa Rica, we keep a close eye on the flower growing process. Nature can be unpredictable, but owning our own farms allows us to deliver a consistently extraordinary product, with innovative marketing and a seasoned customer service team to maintain our reputation for integrity and dependability.

Rio RosesRio Roses: A household name

What started as a family business in 1986 has flourished into a household name, with our nationally branded, fresh cut “Rio Roses” distributed via a network of flower wholesalers and distributors across the US and Canada. Rio Roses is the first nationally recognized brand of roses.

Our fresh flowers are packaged and distributed under five exclusive, registered trademark names: Rio Roses, Private Collection, Baby Rio, Rio Carnations, and Rio Specialty Flowers, including chrysanthemums and novelty products like Ranunculus and Delphinium. Rio carries 30 different product types and hundreds of unique floral varieties to create that perfect arrangement every time.

Consistent quality and year-round availability

Rio Roses maintains a high standard of quality parameters in the production, harvest, and packaging of fresh cut flowers.We are the only offshore flower grower to offer clients their choice of detailed specifications for premium flower arrangements.  With top-notch quality control at our privately-owned growing facilities and at our consolidation sites in Miami, we can ensure consistent, year-round availability of the most popular varieties.

LivRio Flyer 2023

The Rio Standard –Marketing & Brand Awareness

Not only do we strive to deliver superior and innovative floral products to our wholesale partners, but we also offer some of the industry’s finest marketing tactics and educational materials to ensure our partners are continually successful in an ever-changing industry.

LIVRIO –Rio’s official industry e-mag. 

Our monthly issues of LivRio embody the Rio Roses mission and serve as an extra source of information for our customers. Featuring a crisp, eye-catching design, the magazine highlights industry trends, useful business strategies, and information about the company. Each issue also features a P.R.E.P. (Plan, Review, Execute, Profit) section with helpful marketing ideas and tips for increasingrevenue geared toward the upcoming flower holidays, such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.

 

To become a part of our growing publication, please subscribe at https://www.rioroses.com/livrio/www.rioroses.com

 

 


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Lightweight, sturdy and easily transportable! These arches are a game changer…easy set-up and tear-down – even comes with a canvas bag for convenient storage and transport. Four arch shapes available! (Square Arch featured) 9775-01-04

The Dahlia Footed Urn shape creates a clean and contemporary aesthetic adding a modern sophistication to any design! Available in 5 sizes. (6” featured) 8181-06-22

Skip the tape and save time and money! Experienced designers love the DIY Floral Grid for its efficiency. Shop owners love it for its ability to train new designers faster! 720-24-22

The 5 ½” Tapered Crock is an extremely versatile container. Perfect for Next Gen, plant parents and anyone who loves a natural, modern look! Floral arrangements and household plants are both at home in this wonderfully neutral vessel. 9332-06

The Holly Chapple Pillow is foam-free mechanic that checks all the sustainability boxes - Reusable -check! Recyclable – check! Designers love it because it allows them to push the boundaries of design. Consumers love it because it’s easy to change the water and their flowers last longer. The arrangement stays intact and no sticky tape to fight. (6” Pillow featured) 334-96-07


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