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Graveside flower delivery in Iowa

A local Runner places a hand-crafted arrangement at any grave in Iowa and sends you the photo, wherever in the country you are.

  • Placed by local Runners
  • Any cemetery, all 50 states
  • A photo after every delivery
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Iowa's cemeteries are small-town cemeteries: a few acres on the edge of every county seat, with Woodland in Des Moines, Oakland in Iowa City and Keokuk National Cemetery among the larger ones. The state's children have left for the coasts and the cities for a century, and the graves are still here.

Cold winters, hot summers and a mowing season that runs from April to October. Every arrangement is hand-crafted in outdoor silk so it survives both extremes. Most cemeteries clear decorations in early spring and again before winter. Our guide to cemetery flower rules explains how to check a specific cemetery's dates.

Placed in Iowa, photographed at the headstone

Every delivery ends with a photo like these, sent to the family and kept on the memorial page.

Flowers placed at the grave of Vivian Elayne Fackler, I.O.O.F. Cemetery I.O.O.F. CemeteryIowa Flowers placed at the grave of Creighton Hale Workman, Ainsworth Cemetery Ainsworth CemeteryIowa Flowers placed at the grave of Martin Albert Balluff, Davenport Memorial Park Davenport Memorial ParkDavenport, IA Flowers placed at the grave of Lucille Balluff Schumann, Davenport Memorial Park Davenport Memorial ParkDavenport, IA Flowers placed at the grave of Kay Ann Gwinn, Glendale Cemetery Glendale CemeteryIowa Flowers placed at the grave of LaVerne Edward Schumann, Davenport Memorial Park Davenport Memorial ParkDavenport, IA

National cemeteries in Iowa

Fresh flowers are welcome at a national cemetery any day of the year. Each national cemetery sets its own dates for artificial (silk) flowers, shown below from its posted policy; your Runner follows them. Every national cemetery →

Keokuk National Cemetery

Keokuk, IA

Artificial Flowers: Artificial flowers will be permitted on the gravesite during the period October 10 through April 15. (Easter specific artificial decorations will be removed and discarded beginning the 2nd Monday after Easter to facilitate preparations for Memorial Day).

Cemetery flower delivery by city in Iowa

Cities where our Runners already deliver to several cemeteries. Every other town in the state is covered the same way.

Some cemeteries in Iowa where we have placed flowers

A few of the places our Runners have been. Each has its own page with the delivery photos. Any other cemetery in the state works the same way.

The Iowa cemetery calendar

What holds up, and when the grounds crews clear, in this climate.

Spring (April to May)

The spring clean-up comes in April once the ground thaws. Easter, Mother's Day and Memorial Day deliveries placed after it stay through summer.

Summer (June to September)

Hot, humid and mowed weekly. Flowers belong in the vase or on the stone; lighter silk colors fade slowest in full sun.

Fall (October to November)

Mums and harvest colors for Thanksgiving. Many cemeteries clear in late October or November before snow; deliver after.

Winter (December to March)

Snow and hard freezes. Turning vases are stored; a saddle or an evergreen arrangement against the stone stays above the snow. Silk does not mind the cold.

Cemetery flowers delivered across Iowa

Hand-crafted silk, placed at any cemetery in Iowa by a local Runner, with a photo at the headstone.

Fall ArrangementFall Arrangement Halloween ArrangementHalloween Arrangement Holiday ArrangementHoliday Arrangement Red, White & BlueRed, White & Blue White Roses & HydrangeasWhite Roses & Hydrangeas Red & White RosesRed & White Roses Pink Roses & PeoniesPink Roses & Peonies Pastel MulticolorPastel Multicolor Hot Pink & White RosesHot Pink & White Roses Purple ArrangementPurple Arrangement Yellow ArrangementYellow Arrangement Blue ArrangementBlue Arrangement Birthday ArrangementBirthday Arrangement Always My ValentineAlways My Valentine Easter ArrangementEaster Arrangement Breast Cancer AwarenessBreast Cancer Awareness

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Flowers at a grave anywhere in Iowa

Choose an arrangement and a date. A local Runner places it and sends you the photo.

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Questions about Iowa deliveries

Do you deliver to any cemetery in Iowa?

Yes. City, county, church, private memorial parks and the veterans cemeteries. Give us the cemetery name and the name on the headstone; a Find a Grave link helps the Runner find the grave.

Can you place silk flowers at Keokuk National Cemetery?

In the permitted windows: roughly mid-October through mid-April and about ten days either side of Easter, Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Fresh flowers are welcome any day. Your Runner follows the posted dates.

How long do the flowers last in Iowa?

A silk arrangement lasts from the spring clean-up to the fall one, through heat and frost. Fresh flowers last days.

Will I know the flowers were placed?

A photo of the arrangement at the headstone is emailed to you after every delivery and added to the memorial page for the family.

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