Living far away
4 guides on Living far away, from choosing flowers to getting them placed.
Choosing flowers
Flowers for a Grandparent's Grave: Choosing for Grandma and Grandpa
Grandparents' graves are the ones grandchildren inherit. What to place, how to find a grave you have not visited since childhood, and how to share the care across a scattered family.
How it works
When You Can't Visit a Grave: Seven Ways to Care for It From Far Away
Distance, health, cost or time keep many people from the graves they care about. Practical ways to tend a grave you cannot get to, from remote flower placement to photos, records and cleaning.
Cemetery know-how
How to Find a Grave in a Cemetery: Records, Find a Grave and Reading a Plot Map
Step by step: how to locate a specific grave using Find a Grave, cemetery records, the VA gravesite locator and the section-and-lot system, even in a cemetery you have never visited.
How it works
Can You Have Flowers Delivered to a Grave?
Yes. Here is how graveside flower delivery works, who actually places the flowers, what it costs compared with a florist, and how you know they arrived.