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Flowers for a coffin

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Septimia Sat 19-Oct-19 15:08:17

The 'coffin spray' is obviously meant to more or less cover the top of the coffin, so is quite large.

The 65 x 38cm spray might look a bit small on the top.

If you can get a simple spray somewhere between the two sizes, perhaps that would be suitable.

Otherwise, do your own thing, as Eglantine suggests.

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Eglantine21 Sat 19-Oct-19 15:04:37

A friend just had a single red rose on her husband’s coffin.

At another relatives funeral close family members not plac d one rose each as the coffin came to rest in the church.

Neither looked mean. It felt meaningful.

I hope that helps.

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Grannyjacq1 Sat 19-Oct-19 14:59:27

I am helping my 95 year old father to organise my mother's funeral. He would rather the money go to the Marie Curie nurses rather than be spent on flowers, but wants to have something on the coffin -roses. Looking at the funeral director's catalogue, there is a simple spray of roses and carnations which is 65cm x 38cm (or could be larger if needed); there is also a 'coffin spray' which is 120cm x 45cm as the standard size. No prices displayed - but obviously the bigger the spray, the higher the cost. My question is: would the smallest spray look silly / mean on a coffin? Dad doesn't want an extravagant show - it's not his style - but also doesn't want to look as if he's being mean. I would welcome some advice, please, and the sooner the better as I need to sort something. Many thanks.

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