How to Use Floral Foam in a Wedding Arrangement

"The next step that we're going to work on is dealing with your oasis. It comes in either cup form, or brick form. The brick form comes in many different colors, such as orange, yellow, even a hot green. It's okay to let that show. It makes good pineapple chunks, if you're doing a Hawaiian arrangement, or if your color scheme is really bright and vibrant. With these, you want to make sure to dip it in. Just push it in, and let the air bubbles come out. Never, ever pour water on top of your oasis. It closes up the pores, and will not soak up the proper amount of water. If it's having trouble it's got to turn upside down, and let it soak. It will kind of just float there a little bit. Now I'm going to show you how the brick works. Again, set it in there. You can already see that it's soaking up a lot of water. You want to make sure the entire brick turns a dark green. That means its absorbed the water. Otherwise, you're going to be cutting into it, and finding some dry spots. That's going to be a problem for your flowers because they're not going to be able to drink water, and they're going to wilt, and your arrangement is going to look horrible. It takes a little bit of time, but it's worth the time and effort. I can not emphasize enough, do not pour water on top because it closes up the pores, and it will not absorb the water. Don't push it down either. Too much pressure on it will close up the pores. Unfortunately, our bowl is a little shallow, but it will absorb all the way through because it will absorb from the bottom. Our next step will be wiring our cymbidiums on our wire."