Funeral flowers

Natural funeral flowers

Funeral flowers are such an important part of saying farewell and remembering and celebrating the lives of family and special friends. My displays are carefully designed to reflect the love and care felt by those who have lost a loved one.

My floral and foliage designs provide an alternative to the more traditional funeral flowers offered. I promote a garden-gathered, relaxed ‘wildflower’ style which really lets the flowers speak for themselves. Always fresh, natural and beautiful, my arrangements can be gentle and reflective or if preferred can be lively, bright and cheerful.

This natural style is often selected by friends and families of gardeners, and those who love the outdoors and care for the environment.

Some example requests  I have received: ‘wildflower style’, ‘cottage garden style’, ‘English meadow’  ‘hedgerow style’  ‘summer extravaganza of flowers’  ‘a reflection of the garden’  ‘I will leave it to you just make it bright and cheerful’!

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Choice of flower arrangements

I am pleased to discuss your ideas and preferences and design the flowers to reflect your sentiments. In the first instance I can email you the leaflet with examples and costs. Email: ruth@oversleyflowers.co.uk

All my designs are bespoke: no two arrangements will be the same and are designed to reflect the loved one being remembered. The designs can be traditional or ‘wildflower’ in style and examples of design include:

• Floral sheaf – A lovely selection of seasonal flowers and foliage, hand-tied with raffia or hessian which lies flat on top of the coffin – 2 or 3 feet long
• Floral spray – A  beautiful long design covered in seasonal flowers varying in size from 2 – 5 feet arranged on a moss base.
• Wreath – A circular moss base filled with flowers and foliage. One or several wreaths representing different family members can be placed on the coffin.
• Wild meadow with textured foliage, grasses, seedpods  designed on a moss base varying in length from 2 – 5 feet.
• Baskets of flowers, one or several baskets filled with flowers.
• Specific designs to reflect the loved ones interests, we can talk through your ideas and options

Eco-funeral  sustainable flowers

My funeral flower arrangements are always sustainable and eco-friendly and as such are particularly suitable for green funerals, eco-funerals, woodland funerals and humanist ceremonies.

Contact

Please contact Ruth Woollacott

Mobile: 07747 146209

Email: ruth@oversleyflowers.co.uk

Instagram or Facebook

I don’t have a shop or studio, just a wonderful flower plot in Oversley Green, Alcester and my ‘Flower Den’ where the arrangements and designs are made up.

Flowers for the service and the wake

Would you like flowers at the church, natural burial, crematorium or the Wake? Options and ideas include:

• Large arrangements at the entrance of the church or at the front of the church or crematorium
• Table arrangements or jam jar flowers at the Wake

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Individual tributes from family and friends

These are smaller arrangements and usually separate from the main casket flowers.

• Mini sheaf – seasonal flowers hand tied with raffia and designed to lie flat
• Bouquet – presented in a box with the flower stems in water
• Wreath – in a moss base
• Posie – placed on a palm leaf tray with the flowers arranged in a moss base
• Basket of flowers – an arrangement of flowers in a basket

A personal messages can be included with these arrangements included in a hand-made pressed flower card.

I can email you the leaflet with options and costs ruth@oversleyflowers.co.uk

Annual memorial tributes

Many people like to remember loved ones each year and take time to think and reminisce about past times, remembering birthdays or anniversaries.

This often includes placing flowers on a favourite spot – maybe in a garden, at the natural burial ground, in the church yard, on a bench or on a favourite walk.

My flower designs can vary according to customer needs and the proposed locations of memorial flowers.

• Fresh flowers memorial wreath on a moss base (all fully compostable)
• Sheaf, an arrangement of flowers designed to lay flat in a favourite spot
• Dried flowers sheaf, designed to lie flat
• Posy of fresh flowers –  small hand tied arrangement with raffia around the stems
• A posy of flowers on a palm leaf tray with the flowers arranged in a moss base.
• Bouquet of flowers

All the arrangements are fully compostable and won’t include any plastic or foam.

Delivery

I am able to deliver funeral flowers to the local funeral directors or to your home. A small delivery charge is made for local deliveries within 8 miles of Alcester, with the option of collection from my plot in Oversley Green for those outside my delivery area.

Payment

An invoice will be sent on the receipt of the order.  My preferred payment is by bank transfer (BACS) and all the details are provided on the invoice. Payment by credit or debit card is also available. Payment is politely requested before the delivery or collection of the flowers.

What they say….

‘Just to let you know that my friend was over the moon with the flowers perfect for the type of funeral she had arranged. She was amazed at some of the unusual and pretty flowers you used.’ Dawn H.

‘Thank you so much for the gorgeous flowers, the arrangement looked lovely especially as it was a wicker coffin. Just perfect.’ Alison B

‘Thank you very much for the flowers, they were just what I had in mind and were hoping for.’  Gillian H.

‘Honestly thank you so much for your help with the flowers, it made my friend’s day so much more bearable and she loved the flowers.’ KC

Contact

Please contact Ruth Woollacott

Mobile: 07747 146209

Email: ruth@oversleyflowers.co.uk

Instagram or Facebook

Some of the requests I have received include: ‘wildflower style’, ‘cottage garden style’, ‘English meadow’  ‘hedgerow style’  ‘summer extravaganza of flowers’  ‘a reflection of the garden’ ‘a walk through Oversley Woods’ ‘spring garden’  ‘my mum’s garden’  and  ‘I will leave it to you, just plenty of colour’!

Examples below;

Woodland walk reflecting Oversley Woods in an autumnal spray

Flowers from Mum’s garden in October, arranged on a moss base

Foliage design, St Nicolas Church, Alcester

Floral design, Baptist Church, Alcester

Autumnal floral arch, St Mary and All Saints, Haselor