Cemetery rules
9 guides on Cemetery rules, from choosing flowers to getting them placed.
Cemetery know-how
Flowers for a Mausoleum Crypt or Columbarium Niche: What Fits and What Is Allowed
Crypts and niches have no ground and no vase in the usual sense. The fixtures they do have, what size arrangement fits, the stricter rules of indoor spaces, and how to have flowers placed there.
Choosing flowers
How to Choose a Headstone Vase: Built-In, Turning, Staked and What Cemeteries Allow
The vase at a grave decides what flowers can be placed and whether they stay. Built-in turning vases, ground stakes, bronze and granite, sizes, and how to replace one that is missing or broken.
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Jewish Grave Customs: Why Stones Instead of Flowers, and What Is Appropriate to Send
Jewish cemeteries have their own traditions: stones on the grave, the unveiling, yahrzeit, and a general preference against flowers. What visitors and friends should know before sending anything.
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Cemetery Etiquette: How to Visit a Grave Respectfully
The unwritten rules of visiting a cemetery: hours, where to walk, what to bring, children and pets, photographs, and how to leave a grave better than you found it.
Choosing flowers
Grave Decoration Ideas That Cemeteries Actually Allow
Tasteful, weatherproof ways to decorate a grave for a season or a holiday, sorted by what most cemeteries permit, what they tolerate and what they remove on sight.
Choosing flowers
Silk vs Fresh Flowers for a Grave: An Honest Comparison
Fresh flowers are beautiful and gone in days. Silk lasts a season. When each one is the right choice for a grave, what cemeteries think, and why placed-for-you flowers are almost always silk.
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Flowers at a Veteran's Grave: National Cemetery Rules, Windows and What to Send
National cemeteries follow one floral policy: fresh flowers always, artificial flowers only in set windows, no glass or permanent items. What that means for sending flowers to a veteran.
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Cemetery Flower Rules: What You Can Leave at a Grave, and When It Gets Removed
Most cemeteries have rules about flowers, vases and decorations, and clean-up dates when everything is cleared. Here is what to expect and how to avoid losing your flowers.
Choosing flowers
Headstone Saddle or Ground Vase? How to Pick the Right Grave Arrangement
Saddles sit across the top of an upright headstone. Vase arrangements go beside a flat marker or into a built-in vase. Here is how to choose for the grave you have.