Often when planning and ordering flowers for funerals, customers assume that older people should have more traditional flowers and they frequently order safer colour schemes. However, I believe that sympathy flowers should match the personality of the deceased and also include the personality and style of the sender...they don't have to be white and they certainly don't have to include chrysanthemums and carnations....not really our type of flowers. They can however include favourite flowers, memories of wedding days and happier times for example the butterflies included in this particular set of flowers.
To demonstrate how lovely colourful flowers can be, we've included some of the flowers recently provided for a bright and bubbly older lady...her family wanted something different, something colourful and something she would have appreciated herself.
For the casket, we decided to provide the main spray in a crescent which was positioned over the centre, leaving room either end for two other tributes. Again, it shows how a little bit of thought and creativity can create a different and beautiful look.
Other family tributes included a heart, a contemporary styled wreath, and an arrangement to sit at the foot of the casket. The colours and flowers from each of the individual pieces were all included in the crescent to ensure continuity.
Flowers from friends were also designed to tone with the bright and colourful scheme, and a few different pieces are included, all designed to be taken home and enjoyed further by the family. We also provided some multi-coloured tulip hand-tied bouquets which were again a non traditional arrangement of flowers for a funeral, but which complemented all the other tributes perfectly.
We love the mix of colours chosen and hope it inspires you to chose something a little different when next sending flowers for a funeral.
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