Palm Care & Arrangement Ideas

When in an arrangement, altar decor palms can add life and color to your church during the Lenten season. There are an infinite amount of variations you can create while making these arrangements. The arrangements on this page are only our suggestions and you can easily come up with an idea of your own that compliments existing decor. In order for these palms to stay fresh and looking nice after the arrangements are made, there are some detailed instructions below that should be followed prior to using the palms.

Palm fronds are perfect for any type of arrangement. Clean and easy to arrange, each bag of Fan, Date, and Sago Altar Decor includes four (4) unstripped palm fronds, 24" to 36" in height. The Mediterranean Fan measures 16" to 18" high and comes 8 to a bag.

We package our Pure Palm Ashes in neat, plastic pouches, making distribution easy on Ash Wednesday, February 6th, 2008.

Classic palm shape in a hand-size package... just right for the choir, children's procession or worship leaders. The Mediterranean fan measures 16" to 18" high and comes 8 to a bag.

Altar Decorations
Altar Decorations are just like fresh flowers - keep refrigerated until ready to arrange. DO NOT OPEN THE PLASTIC BAGS UNTIL READY TO USE. To help the Altar Decor leaves stay fresh when arranging, simply cut each stem at a 45° diagonal just above the end of the stem, and place in fresh water for 3 hours prior to using. Cutting the stems of the Fan Altar Decor and placing in water allows the leaf to draw the water up making the leaf open COMPLETELY. Please note that brown tips are characteristic of the Fan Palm leaves and is what makes them unique. Remember to keep them in water at all times, even when being displayed in order to prevent drying!

Short & Long Palm Strips
To keep the palm strips fresh, do NOT open the plastic bags until you are ready to hand the palms out to the congregation.

Keep sealed bags of palms in a cool area. A florist, restaurant or convenience store may have a large refrigerated space you can store the palms in until Palm Sunday.

Keep Cool - 40° F to 50° F - Do Not Freeze

Check contents of box to make sure the order is correct.

People who are not refrigerating their palms should open each box and take three or four UNOPENED plastic bags of palms out of the box. When the palms are enclosed in plastic and packed in a box, heat may begin to build up in the box between the plastic bags. Any perishable plant material will begin to break-down if there is heat present.

By taking several bags out of each box, you allow the air to circulate more freely around the plastic bags left in the box which keeps the palms cooler and fresher.