Funerals are times of respect and remembrance. As a mourner, you will be keen to both offer your condolences to fellow family and friends, and to remain in keeping with conventional funeral tradition.
Generally, this requires that you send flowers – whether a bunch or, more usually, a wreath – to the funeral parlour before the departing ceremony. If you are at all worried about what to choose in this department, it is a good idea to give the matter some thought before the time of the funeral itself.
To begin with, you will want to select a florist in the region of the funeral service or the funeral parlour; this means that, for example, a funeral Merseyside necessitates that you visit a florist in this particular area. There are several reasons for this, but chief amongst them is simply practicality; it is easier for a florist in the region to make the delivery.
When it comes to choosing the flowers, there are two broad strategies that you may implement. You might simply opt for something suitably funeral and traditional – lilies, for example – or you might pick a wreath made from flowers that have personal significance for your departed loved one.
Conventionally, one sends the bunch or wreath to the funeral parlour well in advance of the funeral. Ordinarily, the flowers are then transported to the location of the ceremony as symbols of mourning and condolence.
