#funeral florist

[maximura]

The Seunghan (RIIZE) situation is one of the most confusing and embarrassing things to happen to KPOP fandom in recent memory. I wonder what it's like to be a member of the group and do fansigns where you tell your fans how grateful you are for their support. Like, how do you do that with a straight face and your soul intact. When you have no idea if one of them sent a funeral wreath celebrating an awful event in your groups history. But I guess it's a job like any other, where you sometimes have to leave your values and ethics at the door. Maybe they can get past this but quite frankly, it's just bad vibes at this point. SM continues to be the pits of Hell.

[grassbreads]

Spent way too much of this evening going down a google rabbit hole about funeral/memorial flowers

[flowersbynino]

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[oreramar]

Florist Talk: Funerals

Time to talk about the morbid side of floristry, the true bread-and-butter of the business, the dark elephant in the room: funerals and all they entail from this particular angle.

As always, keep in mind that this is from the personal experience of someone working in a small shop in the US and as such isn't gonna be full of universal truths. Use what I share as inspiration for your own writing and change what you must to make cultural sense of things.

First of all, here's a hard truth: your Florbo might well make more flower shop money from funeral pieces than from all the birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations and love-you's that might otherwise fill their days. Funeral arrangements tend toward the big and showy, with the center pieces like casket or urn sprays being the Most of all.

Heckin look at these things ^ Nobody but the rich is buying this kind of nonsense for an anniversary that comes around once a year, every year.

In short, Funerals are kinda important to the business side of things, so a Florbo might occasionally talk about them or reflect on that, depending on how philosophical you/your story/your character would tend to be.

So here's a few other details just to know or consider:

A Florbo will keep track of Obituaries for work. This could mean a subscription to the local newspaper and cutting the obits out every day it comes, or keeping local funeral homes' websites as pinned addresses on their browser. Yes this does look on the surface like the kind of thing a death-obsessed goth teen would do as a special interest. Do as you will with that knowledge.

They will also, as I said in my overview post, know the local Funeral People by name. They are essentially Business Associates. A good relationship with the people at a local Funeral Chapel means extra business as they will recommend Florbo's shop to those who ask, and they will default to ordering from Florbo whenever a family leaves those details to them. A poor relationship means Florbo's competition will get that business instead.

Sometimes funeral families - relatives of the deceased put in charge of ordering the official funeral flowers - come in person to look at pictures and flowers and decide what they want. This could be done in minutes. It could take them an hour. They could be in good humor as they reminisce about the deceased, or they could be functioning at neutral or just barely holding it together. The last can be the hardest if Florbo is very empathetic in the "if you start crying I'll start crying" sort of way.

Knowing the date and time of a visitation is actually more important than the date and time of a funeral - they're rarely the same thing. Often, but not always, a visitation will be the night before a morning funeral, and flowers/plants/gifts need to be delivered a couple of hours before visit. so that the funeral chapel people have time to place them on stands or easels.

Sometimes people will order something and tell Florbo the date for the funeral. Sometimes they will order something online and set the date for the funeral. Sometimes they will order something an hour or less before visitation starts reasoning that the funeral is tomorrow, so they aren't late. Florbo must be on top of all these things in order to get flowers to the visitation on time.

If your Florbo delivers flowers, and if you're writing a culturally US setting, then it might just follow that the Florbo will have seen more dead bodies than any other character aside from, say, a Mortician or similar role. This is because sometimes Florbo must carry the funeral flowers into the funeral chapel and place them on or around the funeral casket, in which already lies the funeral subject. An experienced Flower Delivery Florbo has been within arm's reach of bodies, multiple times.

Sometimes fate conspires so that the funeral chapel is closed and it is late when such a delivery is made (Florbo has a key or knows where an emergency key is hidden for such a situation) and it's winter so it's already dark outside as well as in, aside from a few low lights left on, and it's all in all very spooky feeling, being the only living person in the building and knowing there's also a corpse in the room.

Anyhow...

Aside from the big fanned-out floral pieces shown above, there are some key Types of florals exclusive to funerals, or at least very rarely encountered outside of them.

In order above: Casket Spray, Urn Spray, Hanging Spray and Wreath

All of these have particular frames and forms that help give them those uniform shapes. If you've ever wondered what's holding together the "big bouquet on top of the casket" at funerals (and why perhaps you should not throw it into the crowd to "see who dies next" wedding bouquet style), today's your lucky day.

First off, there's this plastic thing called a Casket Saddle, into which you place a block of green florist foam - aka wet foam, as it's designed to soak up water like anything. The foam is fixed in place either with those plastic cages or blocky U-shaped things in the first example, which snap into place snuggly over the foam, or with florist's tape if you use the cheap open saddles like the last example. Those are the ones I'm used to. The legs snap on, which means the frame is pretty useful for making hanging sprays without said legs attached.

The foam is thoroughly soaked - some casket saddles come with reservoir spaces inside them for more water to sit and feed into the foam as it dries over time - and greens and flowers are cut and inserted into the foam, which keeps them hydrated for a bit.

A big casket spray is unwieldy and, due to the soaked wet foam, kinda heavy. You can carry it fine, once you've managed to reach under and past all the hanging flowers and greens to find the saddle, but there's way more oomph there than a simple tied bouquet. It will not fling easily or lightly. In case you needed to know.

Also, sometimes people will order Script Ribbons on the spray - ribbons that say things like "Mom," "Grandma," "Great Grandma". These are going out of style a bit but are still common enough where I work to be worth mentioning. It's hard to get more than four ribbons into a single spray due to the size of them. Also the script names come as sticker sheets - you peel the cursive script stickers off and put them on the ribbons yourself.

Like this ^

When someone wants a script that doesn't exist on the sheets (for example, Grandma and Grandmother are standards here; Nana or Mimi are not) then you gotta use sheets of individual letters to spell the word(s) out bit by bit. Sometimes you don't have a single instance of a particular letter in the entire folder. Then you have to get creative and/or butcher some of the less-used scripts for scraps.

Typically we tell people that they should use the words/names they used to refer to that person, so "Mom" might be more appropriate to them than the more formal "Mother." That might vary culturally, though.

By the way, back to the wreaths and stuff - you might see those in shapes like Hearts or Crosses if you ever look it up. If you wonder how that's made, I've got the answer:

Floral foam again! Soak it and poke it (full of flowers and greens), easy as that.

For urn pieces, the place I work at just uses a circle wreath form, laid on the table, sometimes cut in half for a half-circle around the back but not front of the urn.

As a quick note while I remember - blocks of floral foam are also used to help those big fanned-out arrangements I showed at the start of this post in place. Wedge them into the containers at the base and they keep the flowers from just flopping all over the place, which is how you achieve that particular "long flower stems hovering perpendicular to the table" look at the bottoms.

So yeah! Florists and Funerals and all the details I can currently call to mind about them ^

[floristusa]

What Are the Significance of Funeral Sprays in Honoring a Loved One's Memory?

Funeral flowers have been powerful emblems of love, respect, and remembering throughout human history. These beautiful flowers have been used for ages to express sympathy, provide solace, and show respect for the deceased. The custom of giving funeral flowers is deeply ingrained in many cultures around the world and reflects the innate human need to express sadness and honor the lives of the deceased.

[farehamflorist]

This week has been so busy, it felt like a throwback to the floristry days of the 1980s and 1990s. It’s undoubtedly been the busiest week I’ve experienced in nearly nineteen years of running Moonstones.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of orders—around ninety percent—were for funerals. Losing a loved one is difficult at any time of year, but it always feels particularly heartbreaking during the festive season. One of these funerals was for a loyal and truly lovely regular customer of mine. Despite having worked as a delivery driver for another florist for a time, he remained steadfastly supportive and always came to me for his flowers.

His family chose to keep the tributes simple yet elegant, opting for a full coffin spray made of red roses, blue delphiniums, and mixed foliage—beautiful in its own right. They also requested a small, deeply personal touch: as he had a fondness for blue lights, it felt only fitting to incorporate them into the spray. I loved how this thoughtful detail brought a little light to what was undoubtedly one of the darkest days for his loved ones.

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[oddlittlestories]

This would be so much fun as Hilson

and in either direction

Funeral Director!Wilson x Florist!House

Wilson as the person dealing with death, taking family issues in stride etc etc, an obligation he owes to death and life and moving on—but he can never move on. And House as the florist, always bringing in new life. Always solving or discovering things in a clever way. Growing his own breeds of flowers to look funky and strange, and ordering new stuff from across the world. Being so good with flowers and bouquets that even though he's grouchy he's famous enough to usually have a good clientele.

We have a deal where I always provide flowers for your processions so you’re always over and we both have a steady flow of business. Hey, whatever works for the winter months

I can so see House saying something like this. He and Wilson end up as friends, and now that they work together, House is always coming up with excuses to get Wilson over. Interrupting funerary consults the same way he'd interrupt cancer consults.

'House, I'm with a client!'

'Well, they're not getting any deader.'

you say you need a bouquet for your sibling and my first thought is they died and I feel so bad for you until you clarify it’s for their graduation

I'm not really much of a younger!AU kind of person, but there are several of you I can imagine having a field day with this prompt.

The fuck-you bouquet thing floating around tumblr. pls. that is amazing please find it and write that

Wilson has to get flowers for someone he absolutely hates / was a dick to him, but being Wilson, doesn't want to be rude. So House makes him a loathing bouquet & Wilson gets to know he said "fuck you" via flowers with the target none the wiser (at least for now…)

I always see you tending to flowers during the day it must be so nice to be surrounded by life instead of the weird smell funeral parlors have

Wilson draw in to House's sparkling flower world, to the idea of not being beholden to people and death and grief but getting to live in a world of color and light instead…

arent you dying in that suit??? it’s summer???

House: I didn't know heatstroke was the new fad. But with that suit, you're at the top of the trend.

Wilson: I'm a funeral director. I can't exactly show up to work in shorts and sandals.

you need flowers for a funeral but I’m in the middle of prom/wedding season and I’m such a mess so you help out in the crazy mess

House is overwhelmed and Wilson shows up for flowers. Wilson realizes he needs help, and House feels pressured, so House starts telling him exactly what to do to help out. (Also Wilson is really good with paperwork, and helps House with that at the end of the day. House dozing off with his spectacles and Wilson gently tugging the documents out of his hands to get them done.)

OR

Florist!Wilson x Funeral Director!House

House as the person dealing with death, because he doesn't really see it that way. He finds the preparation interesting and the dealing with families exhausting, but he's insightful and can take care of even the hardest cases, so people come to him from all over (usually). And Wilson, despite being surrounded by flowers, is *still* submerged in obligation. Takes on too many orders and works late and extra hard to get everything done by everyone's deadlines. Doesn't like to say no to even difficult special requests. Mostly focuses on traditional blooms and bouquets, and follows instructions to such a close degree that he has some of the best flowers around, maybe the best.

Also, not a prompt listed here, but when they first meet, House would totally come up with reasons to "check up on" the bouquets or order flowers he doesn't need just to spend extra time with Wilson.

Funeral director + florist across the street AU?

This sounds fun!!

We have a deal where I always provide flowers for your processions so you’re always over and we both have a steady flow of business. Hey, whatever works for the winter months

you say you need a bouquet for your sibling and my first thought is they died and I feel so bad for you until you clarify it’s for their graduation

The fuck-you bouquet thing floating around tumblr. pls. that is amazing please find it and write that

I always see you tending to flowers during the day it must be so nice to be surrounded by life instead of the weird smell funeral parlors have

arent you dying in that suit??? it’s summer???

the goth-looking one is the florist, the sunshine child is the funeral director

you need flowers for a funeral but I’m in the middle of prom/wedding season and I’m such a mess so you help out in the crazy mess

we’re both struggling financially at the moment because no one’s died lately and it’s the dead of winter

I hope these work for you!!~Mod Karissa

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[flowersbynino]

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[flowerdeliveryphilippines]

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[floristusa]

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Blossoming Beauty: The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Flowers

Your wedding day – a celebration of love, commitment, and the beginning of a beautiful journey. Every detail matters, and wedding flowers play a pivotal role in setting the scene and creating a romantic atmosphere. From the bridal bouquet held with trembling joy to the centerpieces adorning the reception tables, wedding flowers add a touch of magic and elegance to your special day.

This comprehensive guide empowers you to navigate the world of wedding flowers with confidence. Whether you dream of a classic and timeless look or a whimsical and modern aesthetic, we'll guide you through everything you need to know, ensuring your floral selections bloom flawlessly on your wedding day.

1. Setting the Stage: Theme & Style

Before diving into specific blooms, consider the overall theme and style of your wedding. Rustic weddings might embrace wildflowers and mason jars, while a formal ballroom affair could call for elegant roses and hydrangeas. Define your vision – romantic, modern, vintage, whimsical – and let this guide your flower choices.

2. The Star of the Show: The Bridal Bouquet

The bridal bouquet is a cherished symbol of the bride on her wedding day. Here are some factors to consider:

Dress Style: A flowing gown might pair beautifully with a cascading bouquet, while a fitted silhouette could be complemented by a tighter, hand-tied design.

Color Palette: Complement your wedding theme with your bouquet's color scheme. Soft pastels offer a romantic feel, while bolder hues create a modern statement.

Flowers: Choose flowers that resonate with you! Consider classic roses, peonies, or lilies or explore unique blooms like ranunculus or garden roses.

3. Beyond the Bride: Groomsmen's Boutonnières and Bridesmaids' Bouquets

The groom and his groomsmen can sport complementary boutonnières, a miniature version of the bride's bouquet. Bridesmaids' bouquets should be smaller than the bride's, echoing the overall theme and color palette.

4. Setting the Scene: Ceremony and Reception Flowers

Flowers play a vital role in decorating your ceremony and reception spaces:

Ceremony Arch: A beautiful floral arch creates a stunning backdrop for your "I do's."

Aisle Decor: Scatter flower petals or line the aisle with floral arrangements for a romantic touch.

Reception Centerpieces: Elegant centerpieces enhance your reception tables, adding color and style to the space.

Cake Flowers: Flowers can adorn your wedding cake, tying in with the overall theme.

5. Seasonality: Embrace Nature's Bounty

Choosing seasonal blooms ensures freshness and a touch of nature's beauty. Spring boasts soft pastels and delicate blossoms, while summer offers vibrant hues and bold blooms. Autumn brings rich textures with berries and foliage, while winter offers elegant amaryllis and evergreens.

6. Budget Considerations: Striking a Balance

Wedding flowers can be a significant expense. Here are some tips to manage your budget:

Set a realistic budget: Discuss budget expectations with your florist upfront.

Embrace seasonal blooms: Seasonal flowers are typically more affordable than out-of-season options.

Consider alternatives: Explore options like wildflowers or locally sourced greenery to add texture and interest without breaking the bank.

DIY elements: Consider creating small decorative elements yourself, such as flower petals for a confetti toss.

7. Working with a Florist: Expertise at Your Fingertips

While DIY options exist, florists are invaluable partners in creating your wedding floral vision. They offer expertise on flower selection, design, and logistics, ensuring your flowers look stunning and stay fresh throughout the day.

Blooming Beauty: A Wedding Day to Remember

With this guide in hand, you're well on your way to selecting wedding flowers that perfectly capture the essence of your love story. Remember, your flowers should reflect your unique style and evoke emotions of joy and romance. Embrace the blooming beauty and let your wedding day be a floral fairytale come true.