Staging Rings

STAGING RINGS UPDATE – 2026

I talked about Staging Rings during a demo of alternative staging materials at the National Sweet Pea Society AGM. Here is a quick side-by-side shot of a Staging Ring v Oasis Renewal with two blooms of Daffodil Heamoor (I know, it isn’t a sweet pea!)

Below is a mock-up of four sweet pea vases used in the NSPS AGM Demonstration. From left to right we have a Staging Ring, Agrawool, FibreFloral, and Oasis Renewal. Oasis Renewal will be part of my show tool kit for the 2026 season, alongside the Staging Rings and Agrawool/Fibre Floral.

STAGING RINGS UPDATE – 2025

I like using Staging Rings and have now slipped into a routine where I use a mix of materials. For all my general cut flower work – eg vases of annuals, perennials etc – I use my staging rings. For large displays in bowls and containers I use Agrawool/Fibre Floral as that fits into the large containers I use. If I do have to use traditional foams, when I am competing against others using traditional foams or when I am not using my own vases, I use the ‘Bio’ version.

These two vases are recent examples – one using a Staging Ring and one Agrawool.

Another example (below) also uses a vase of ‘traditional’ bio-foam for comparison. The Staging Ring is bottom right, Agrawool top and traditional ‘bio’-foam bottom left. Some differences are due to variations in the quality of the blooms.

STAGING RINGS IN ACTION! MY EXPERIENCE USING THE RINGS

I’ve written a short article about my experience using the rings in the 2022 show season. This formed the basis of an article in the 2023 National Dahlia Society Annual. A similar article appears in the National Sweet Pea Society 2022 Autumn Bulletin. 

In addition to dahlias and sweet peas, I’ve exhibited many other types of flowers using the rings – now over 550 vases of flowers between 2022 and 2024.