Flowers are traditionally brought to the funeral in memory of the deceased and are an important opportunity for creating a personal message.

They can also unfortunately add a significant cost, are quickly discarded at crematoriums once the ceremony is over and the plastic wrappings and oasis of most traditional tributes are not recycled and pass directly to landfill.

At ARKA Original Funerals we help you to create the most meaningful and appropriate way for everyone to help contribute to the ceremony by exploring many other poignant alternatives.

We make sure that before the ceremony, all flowers are brought into the chapel and are placed around the coffin, instead of being left outside. We then carry the flowers out for everyone to see and where they can be shared, taken home and enjoyed for their beauty and significance.

Alternatively, those attending the ceremony can each be asked to bring a single stemmed flower, to be placed on the coffin with a personal message, or to be used to create a single large tribute.

Instead of flowers families often ask for donations to be made to a particular charity, or towards a particular gift or memorial that has a more lasting or personal memory.

On your behalf ARKA Original Funerals can collate and acknowledge all donations and inform you of how much has been raised.