He called his patent-pending device a ‘FloraGUPPY’ because it is reminiscent of a ‘flower frog’ A guppy has access to all the levels of water in an aquarium has the same feature in a vase. He finally came up with a ‘simple’ design, consulted with Canadian florists, had them experiment with prototypes, submitted a patent application and began a hunt to source out manufacturers. Magazines and newspapers are running headlines like this one in the Times of London: “Florists are Ditching Plastic Floral Foam for Eco Alternatives.”įormer Canadian investment advisor turned inventor - James Wong - spent several years searching for an alternative that was, easy, simple and eco-friendly. Alexandria, Virginia florist Michaeli Gosar has mentioned the FloraGUPPY to her 35,000 followers.
The flower arranger magazine Patch#
The UK’s newest floral magazine - The Flower Patch calls it, “…clever…”and praises it in a section headlined: “Say Goodbye to Floral Foam.” One of the UK’s oldest floral magazines - The Florist - says "New Eco Friendly flower product gains popularity”, America’s GreenPROFIT magazine describes it this way, “saves time/money and the environment.” And now The Flower Arranger - one of the world’s top floral magazines and an influential voice in the industry over its lengthy history - has become the latest to feature the FloraGUPPY.Īnd social media has also taken noted of it. So what’s so great about the FloraGUPPY? Just that it’s a new, revolutionary, eco-friendly alternative to floral foam which when it was first introduced in 1954 was regarded as a marvellous and useful innovation and became a valuable staple.Ĭanada’s Ontario Gardener magazine, referring to the FloraGUPPY, writes, “It’s a simple design whose time has come.” Austria’s leading floral magazine, Gardener + Florist has featured it along with FlowersandCents and FloralDaily. On the face of it, it looks like nothing more than a plastic sphere with 58 holes of various sizes.
Schools teaching floristry in Europe and the U.S have made it a teaching module.
The game-changing ‘FloraGUPPY’ has become an overnight sensation. A ‘newcomer’ is creating rave reviews in London, New York, LA, Hong Kong, Melbourne and other global centres among florists concerned about the planet. The FlowerĪrranger magazine, the official publication of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies in the UK in its just released winter edition recommends the FlroaGUPPY as its first pick to be a unique Christmas gift that is sure to be on Santa’s listįor 65 years florists world-wide have relied on green floral foam to keep their arrangements together. One of the world’s top floral magazines calls a replacement for floral foam as a great Christmas Stocking suffer.
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