An example container includes a bottom support, a plurality of side walls and a top cover. The top cover includes a flat portion and a tented portion. In some examples, the bottom support, the side walls and the flat portion of the top cover form a rectangular box portion, and the bottom support, the side walls and the tented portion of the top cover form a tented box portion. The rectangular box portion and the tented box portion may be in communication with one another.

A degradable container comprising a shaped body formed from a moldable composition including an amount of saccharide, an amount of saccharide-based solution, and an amount of vehicle.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are systems and methods for prolonging the shelf life of produce. The following presents a simplified summary of various aspects of the present disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the disclosure, nor delineate any scope of the particular embodiments of the disclosure or any scope of the claims. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

A package for preserving respiring produce contained in the package, in particular vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices and/or flowers, and an associated method are provided. The package defines a package volume for containing a portion of the produce and a package atmosphere, and comprises a packaging material, in particular a polymer film (1A), provided with at least one perforation (3) enabling gas exchange with the atmosphere surrounding the package (1) to form the package into a Controlled Atmosphere Package (CAP). The packaging material has a Water Vapour Transmission Rate (WVTR), a carbon dioxide transmission rate (CO.sub.2TR) and an oxygen transmission rate (O.sub.2TR), wherein the WVTR of the packaging material is in a range of 50-1200 ml/(m.sup.2.Math.24 hrs), the CO.sub.2TR of the packaging material is larger than 1000 ml/(m.sup.2.Math.24 hrs), and a ratio β=CO.sub.2TR/O.sub.2TR of the packaging material is larger than 4.

Plastic grid or framework arrangements are used to support and position of bowls that hold flower arrangements, candles, letters, and other decorative elements. These grids are deployable in water fountains, indoor and outdoor pools, and other small bodies of water during festive occasions or for longer term decorative display. The grid themselves do not float, and are positioned below the surface of the water, and thus are not readily visible. Buoyancy is provided at the hubs that form nodes in the grids. The hubs also support floating bowls containing various decorative elements. The resulting effect is that the various decorative elements appear to be floating on the surface while the sub-surface grid structure maintains their relative positioning, keeping the bowls from clumping together at the edges or in the corners of the pool or fountain.

A packaging system for shipping floral arrangements includes an elongated presentation box sized to hold a floral arrangement, such as a dozen roses. The presentation box includes two long side panels, a floor panel extending between the side panels, head end and a stem end panels each extending between the side and floor panels, a top opening defined by the side and end panels, and an elongated inner lid hingedly connected on one of its long sides to one of the side panels. The inner lid extends longitudinally from a first end adjacent to the stem end panel to a second end spaced away from the head end panel such that it folds over only a portion of the top opening and creates a presentation opening bounded by the head end panel, side panels and the second end of the inner lid for displaying the flowers of the floral arrangement.

Cyclodextrin compositions including one or more radiation polymerizable monomers and a cyclodextrin inclusion complex, the cyclodextrin inclusion complex including a cyclodextrin compound and an olefinic inhibitor of an ethylene generation in produce, are coated onto packaging materials and cured. Treated containers and treated package inserts having the cured cyclodextrin compositions are useful in packaging of respiring plant materials.

A drainable vase assembly for draining a vase without inversion thereof includes a vessel, which has a top that is open. Stems of stemmed plants and water can be inserted into the vessel via the top. The vessel has a hole positioned therein proximate to a bottom thereof. The water can drain from the vessel via a pipe, which is engaged to the vessel and extends bilaterally from the hole. A valve is positioned in the pipe. An actuator is operationally engaged to the valve and is positioned externally to the pipe and the vessel. The actuator is positioned to selectively actuate the valve to drain the water from the vessel.

Disclosed is a container suitable for holding objects such as flowers and which may include a body having at least one wall defining a cavity. The at least one wall may include openings separated apart from each other. A tensioner may pass through the openings. A platform may be situated within the cavity and coupled to the tensioner so as to receive a force from the tensioner when a tension is applied to the tensioner. This force may be operative to lift the platform and the flower coupled thereto so that the flower partially or fully extends from the cavity while at least a portion of the platform remains in the cavity.

A plant transportation system includes a vase and a sealant receptacle. The vase includes a mouth, a throat, and a reservoir. The sealant receptacle is housed in the throat. The sealant receptacle is configured to allow a defined amount of stems therethrough, and includes a cover extending across the throat, a base extending across the throat behind the cover, and a sidewall extending behind the cover to the base. The cover defines at least one cover-side stem aperture, the base defines at least one base-side stem aperture, and the sidewall closes the sealant receptacle from the side. The at least one cover-side stem aperture is similarly sized to the defined amount of stems, and the at least one base-side stem aperture is similarly sized to the defined amount of stems.