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Graveside flower delivery in Louisiana

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

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Louisiana's cemeteries are unlike anywhere else: the above-ground tombs of New Orleans in Lafayette No. 1, Metairie and St. Louis cemeteries, the Acadian churchyards of the bayou parishes, and national cemeteries at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Zachary and Pineville. Flowers here go in tomb vases and on ledges as often as in the ground.

Summers are long, hot and humid, which is why every arrangement is hand-crafted in outdoor silk: it is still in place and still in color when the family visits at Thanksgiving. Most cemeteries here clear decorations before mowing season in March and often again in the fall. Our guide to cemetery flower rules explains how to check a specific cemetery's dates.

Placed in Louisiana, 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 Josephine King, Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery #3 Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery #3Louisiana

National cemeteries in Louisiana

Fresh flowers are welcome at a national cemetery any day of the year. Silk arrangements are placed in the permitted windows: the winter months and about ten days either side of Easter, Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Your Runner follows each cemetery's posted dates.

Alexandria National Cemetery

Pineville, LA

VA national cemetery, established 1867. Fresh flowers any day; silk in the permitted windows.

Baton Rouge National Cemetery

Baton Rouge, LA

VA national cemetery, established 1867. Fresh flowers any day; silk in the permitted windows.

Chalmette National Cemetery

Chalmette, LA

Run by the National Park Service with its own floral policy; fresh flowers year-round, ask the office about silk.

Louisiana National Cemetery

Zachary, LA

VA national cemetery, established 2012. Fresh flowers any day; silk in the permitted windows.

Port Hudson National Cemetery

Zachary, LA

VA national cemetery, established 1866. Fresh flowers any day; silk in the permitted windows.

Some cemeteries in Louisiana where we have placed flowers

A few of the places our Runners have been, each linking to a memorial page with the delivery photos. Any other cemetery in the state works the same way.

The Louisiana cemetery calendar

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

Spring (March to May)

The spring clean-up lands in March at most cemeteries. Easter and Mother's Day deliveries placed after it stay for months. Pollen coats everything for a few weeks; a rinse restores a silk arrangement.

Summer (June to September)

The hardest season. Fresh flowers last a day; silk in yellows, whites and blues fades slowest in the sun. Weekly mowing means flowers belong in the vase or on the stone, never on the grass. Hurricane season can close coastal cemeteries for a few days.

Fall (October to November)

The best months at the grave. Mums and harvest colors for Thanksgiving; many cemeteries clear summer decorations in October, so deliver after.

Winter (December to February)

Mild and wet. Holiday arrangements placed in early December hold through New Year; national cemeteries are inside their silk window all winter.

Flowers at a grave anywhere in Louisiana

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

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Questions about Louisiana deliveries

Do you deliver to any cemetery in Louisiana?

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 Alexandria 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 Louisiana?

A silk arrangement placed in June is still in place and in color in September, which fresh flowers cannot do in this heat. Lighter colors fade slowest in full sun.

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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