Guidelines

What kind of flowers are used in cemeteries?

What kind of flowers are used in cemeteries?

Flowers For Cemeteries, Inc. provides quality silk cemetery flowers and Sympathy Silks® funeral flowers that are specifically designed for the cemetery and the funeral home. Our catalog of products includes arrangements designed for the cemetery vases, monuments and tombstones, mausoleum, and niche.

Who are the founders of flowers for cemeteries?

Our catalog of products includes arrangements designed for the cemetery vases, monuments and tombstones, mausoleum, and niche. Ruby and David Broel founded Flowers For Cemeteries to stop silk flowers from blowing out of the cemetery vase.

Why did Ruby and David Broel start flowers for cemeteries?

Ruby and David Broel founded Flowers For Cemeteries to stop silk flowers from blowing out of the cemetery vase. Their 35 years of working in the cemetery, funeral, and memorialization industry provided them with many opportunities to study the problem of silk flowers blowing away.

How tall of a vase do you need for a cemetery?

Does your vase have a plastic insert? Vase height to 3”, 5“or 7”? Flowers For Cemeteries, Inc. provides quality silk cemetery flowers and Sympathy Silks® funeral flowers that are specifically designed for the cemetery and the funeral home.


Are there artificial flowers at Arlington National Cemetery?

Two of the national cemeteries that aren’t maintained by the VA, Arlington National Cemetery and the US Soldier’s and Airmen’s National Cemetery, are maintained by the Department Army. While each cemetery has its own rules regarding the placement of artificial flowers, most tend to follow the rules set by Arlington, which are as follows.

When to put Christmas wreath on graves at Fort Leavenworth?

As a general rule, artificial flowers and potted plants will be allowed on graves for a period extending seven days before through seven days after Easter Sunday and Memorial Day. Christmas wreaths, grave blankets and other seasonal adornments may be placed on graves from Dec. 1 through Jan. 20.