Funeral flowers

hannahsmamma

Has anyone made a floral tribute for a funeral ? I have been quoted £40.00 for an arrangement made on a circle of oasis foam , looks very nice but too expensive for me just now. I am no expert but it looks like the flowers were placed in the ring, bit of greenery and a card, quite simple and elegant, easy to do ?????

Butterfly_Brain

Have you tried asking your local greengrocer? My local greengrocer does sprays and wreaths from around £15 upwards

There are some good web sites that will help you here are a few

http://floristry.blog.co.uk/2005/07/22/workshop_7_funeral_wreath_open_style/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHS9A1aKWM

dandy-candy

At my mothers funeral last month most people laid bunches of flowers rather than wreaths - they look equally nice and are easier/cheaper to get.

Pink.

Hi hannasmama,

I do something similar to this as a table decoration at Chrismas and it's very simple to make and cost effective to do if you gather the greenery yourself:

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-funeral-flower-arrangements

Pink

M0neysav3r

Could you perhaps ask if their is a charity for you to donate to instead?

caitybabes

Hello, my mum did one for a friend who passed away - she just got a circle of oasis and put the flowers in it. It does take a lot of flowers so she bulked it out with pretty greenery too.

MaggieBaking

Try getting a quote from somewhere different - is that including delivery or something? I have many times rung a florist up with my budget and asked them to make something to that specification which they are happy to do.

kazd

I agree with Candy-dandy, a spray of flowers from Tesco is fine, we had everything from elaborate wreaths to a single rose at my brothers funeral.

beemuzed

I do think the cost of shop wreaths is iniquitous! I'd just take a spray of flowers if you want to - or do as someone else has said and ask if they have a favourite charity in mind. Money to a charity would be a more lasting tribute, I think.

Mrs_Arcanum

Mum's favourite flowers were Oriental Lilies, so I just did a simple hand tied trio to go on the top of the coffin.

Other than that, a charitable donation was requested.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I did the flowers for FIL's funeral. As it was in early January, went through all manner of bother, travelling to find suitable things, but I think it cost about £15 and the MIL was delighted that we had taken time to do something ourselves - so much so, she took them home with her, leaving the other ones there. She then said that she opened the porch the following morning to be greeted by such a lovely scent, it made her smile despite her heartbreak.

As I remember, I got pus-sywillow, white alstromeria, creamy stargazer lillies, white freesias and some greenery, wrapped in cream tissue paper and tied with a natural raffia bow. It certainly didn't look like we had spent around £30 less than everyone else - and as we had to buy a coat, suit, shirt and tie at a time of year when we had very little cash anyway, we had little choice in the matter.

At a previous funeral of an elderly neighbour, we had the girls make little posies, tied with pink ribbons and they were well received.



This time of year, you have so much choice. If you know the favourite flowers of the deceased, that can be a good start. If not, a selection of white ones plus vegetation is subtle.


Some people detest 'funeral flowers'. My grandfather loved forget me nots and foxgloves and I would have had them for him if I had chosen the flowers, rather than mauve Chrysanthemums everywhere. I certainly wouldn't want them, as I would prefer that people did something themselves, rather than spending vast sums of money for something saying 'MUM'.