Apparatus and method for the conservation, shipment and exhibition of fresh flowers

An apparatus for the conservation, shipment and exhibition of fresh flowers comprising;

• a closed external box, having at least one perforation in its lateral walls and one or more upper hinged lids;
• a grid insert within the external box wherein the grid insert consists of (i) four (4) exterior walls and (ii) two (2) or more interior walls that extend between opposed exterior walls, said interior walls intersecting with each other to form a plurality of storage and transport regions for individual fresh flowers or individual fresh flower bundles;
• a bucket which includes a water hydrated foam;
• a plurality of individual fresh flowers or individual bundles of fresh flowers wherein the individual fresh flower or individual fresh flower bundle is inserted into one of the storage and transport regions and, the stems of the individual fresh flowers or individual bundles of fresh flowers are stuck into the hydrated foam;
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• at least one protective stick that extends from the bucket and/or hydrated foam through each of the storage and transport regions to the one or more upper hinged lids.