While flowers have been ageless symbols used in communicating love, sympathy, and respect to people that are in their deepest grief, personal memorial flowers in funeral flower arrangements pay tribute to a loved one’s life. Flowers can be carefully selected to create a memorial arrangement that will honour the memory of a special person. Or, they may be used in making something deeply personal for a funeral service.
Why Personalisation Goes a Mile in Funeral and Memorial Flower Arrangements
Personalised flower arrangements go beyond standard flower displays. Although flowers that make up lilies, roses, and carnations arranged in that particular order constitute funeral arrangements, they are special and meaningful in their personalised format. As a matter of fact, they reflect one’s life and elicit a feeling of a sense of closure, healing, and connection.
Taking time on flowers, colours, and designs that say much about the deceased’s personality, hobbies, or passions will mean a tribute that goes beyond the ordinary. This personal touch may make the process easier and help the griever relate more to the deceased in their time of loss.
1. Favourite Flowers and Colours
A very easy way for personalising a funeral flower arrangement is when you consider what flowers and colour the person loved most. Sometimes, such minute details bring so much sense to creating a meaningful customised tribute.
Favourite flowers – Was there a favourite flower that your loved one cherished? Can you recall its being her favourite rose, sunflower, daisy, or some other type of flower? Mention them as among the flowers she may think of and consider your love.
Favourite colour – Many people have some colour associated with them. If the deceased had a favourite colour, this would be what you could work with as the centre of flowers. For example, if he or she loved purple, use lavender or lilac flowers for a subtle poignant memorial.
2. Add Symbolic Flowers
Flowers carry meanings that have been translated over time. You can choose flowers that represent the life of the dead, his passion, or his legacy. Here are some ideas for memorial flower arrangements with symbolic meanings:
Lilies – These flowers majorly connote purity and innocence restored. Lilies are very common during funerals, as they may represent one’s soul restored back to peace.
Roses – Various colours describe different meanings. Red coloured roses portray love and respect; white colour roses represent peace and purity.
Carnations – These flowers depict eternal love, making them ideal for the memorial setting. Pink-coloured carnations are a symbol of remembrance; red carnations show admiration for that person.
Forget-Me-Nots – A very emotional flower, forget-me-nots can make a beautiful statement about remembrance and can be a long-lasting tribute for your loved one.
3. Prepare a Flower Arrangement That Depicts Some Hobbies or Passions of the Person
One of the most thought-provoking ways of creating a personalised funeral flower arrangement is through the inclusion of elements that seem to portray and reflect their hobbies, passions, or career. This is one of those ways of adding a meaningful layer to the arrangement and therefore make it more reflective of their life.
For the artist – Bright, colourful flowers in an array of colours celebrating the beauty and life-giving energy that person brought to this earth. You could also add tiny little paintbrushes or flower arrangements in an easel shape.
For the gardener – Arrange flowers in a composition representing the love that the earth has in the green thumb of a gardener. For example, you could use roses, tulips, wildflowers, or even some greenery, according to your preference and liking.
4. Memory Garden or Tribute Wreath Instead of a Traditional Bouquet
You may prefer a tribute with a meaningful shape or structure. You can make a memory garden or a tribute wreath that can be used during the funeral and later kept as a reminder.
Memory garden – Create a thoughtful arrangement with small pots of flowers or plants arranged together in such a way as to look like a small garden. And one can even use flowers that bloom in different seasons representing all aspects of life.
Tribute wreaths – A wreath is a circular, round flower arrangement that symbolises eternity and an unbroken bond between the deceased and those whose lives he or she touched. Fill your wreath with meaningful flowers, greenery, or even small objects in the form of feathers, shells, or mementos that remind you of him or her.
5. One Can Even Include Personal Touches Like Photos or Keepsakes if They Want
You can even customise funeral flower design ideas by adding personal items or photos. Some funeral flower arrangements contain small picture frames, or even tags bearing the name of the deceased person along with the date of their birth and death, or inspirational quote. Even a favourite poem, song lyric, or memory would not be such a bad idea to attach into the flowers. Attach to the memorial or gravestone a small personal item representing the most meaningful part of their life when designing a plan for a memorial or grave site.
6. Collaborate with a Florist to Update the Design
Or you can be proactive and find a florist that specialises in funeral and memorial flowers. Most florists will let you make as personal of an arrangement as you want, and they can help you add some personal touches, symbols, and meaningful elements into your design. Just make sure you indicate what you would like to put in your work, like the person you are paying homage to and their favourite things and items that would symbolise.
Working with a skilled florist, like the team at Anastasia Florists, ensures that your arrangement includes all the personal touches, symbols, and meaningful elements you envision. We’ll guide you through choosing the flowers, colours, and keepsakes that best honour your loved one.
A truly personalised funeral flower arrangement creates an emotionally connected and meaningful reflection of love, sympathy, and remembrance. Using the favourite flowers, colours, and hobbies of the deceased combined with meaningful symbolism will, in its own right, be a true floral tribute to speak of that person’s life and legacy.
Whether a traditional flower arrangement or something new, it is the time, care, and thought that goes into the arrangement which will continue to show appreciation for a life lived well.At Anastasia Florists, we take pride in crafting funeral flower arrangements that speak to the heart, using flowers, colours, and themes that celebrate the life and legacy of your loved one.
