Designing the farewell

Flowers, chosen with the season

Grown in Australia, bought at market that week, and arranged by hand. Nothing is flown in and nothing is built on foam.

Flowers are usually the first thing a family sees when they walk into the chapel, and often the last thing they take home. They carry more weight than their cost suggests.

We work with a florist in Mornington who buys at market the day before your service and makes everything by hand that same day. What they can get changes week to week, which is why no two tributes we arrange are ever quite the same.

A hand-tied sheaf of white and green flowers resting at one end of a timber coffin

Gathered, not built

Hand-tied sheaves

A sheaf is gathered in the hand and laid at one end of the coffin, stems still showing. It looks like flowers picked and carried in rather than arranged into a shape, and it suits a farewell that is meant to feel unfussy.

Two sizes: one covering about a third of the lid, one reaching about halfway along it.

A coffin spray with a central peak sitting along the length of a coffin

The full length

Coffin sprays

A spray sits centrally and runs along the coffin, rising to a peak in the middle. It reads as more formal and fills the room from further back, which matters in a large chapel or a church.

Two sizes: one covering a little over half the lid, and one that runs across the centre with blooms spilling over both sides.

A vase arrangement of white and green flowers

Smaller touches

Vases, petals and single blooms

Alongside the tribute on the coffin, a few smaller things can find their place. Vase arrangements for a memory table run $250 to $350, rose petals for the graveside $30 a dozen, and single blooms for guests to place $5 each.

A vase is the one families most often take home afterwards, and the single blooms give everyone something to do at the graveside when words are hard.

Four tributes

What each one looks like

Shown here in White & Green. Every one is available in all five palettes.

I received many compliments from friends and family on the professionalism of the staff and the exceptional flowers and catering.

Joanne — Google review

Five palettes

Colours to choose between

Any of these works across all four tributes. We can tailor colours or work to something specific — just ask.

White and green funeral flowers with roses and eucalyptus

Pastel funeral flowers in blush, lilac and cream

Australian native wildflowers with protea and banksia

Bright funeral flowers in orange, pink and gold

White & Green

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Roses

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Pastels

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Wildflowers

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Bright & Beautiful

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The part families notice

Nothing that outlives the flowers

Most funeral flowers are built on floral foam — a plastic made with formaldehyde and phenol that crumbles into microplastics rather than breaking down. We have never used it.

No floral foam
No plastic trays or cages
No wire
No plastic tape
No synthetic ribbon
No imported flowers

Everything we hand you can go on the compost, into the grave, or into the cremator without leaving anything behind.

Grown here

What's in season right now

Growing seasons shift with the weather, so treat this as a guide rather than a promise.

Season	Usually available
All year	Roses, chrysanthemums, gerberas, carnations, oriental and asiatic lilies, alstroemeria, eucalyptus and native foliage
Dec – Feb	Hydrangea, sunflowers, dahlias, lisianthus, gladioli, delphinium, snapdragon, celosia, amaranthus, Queen Anne's lace, agapanthus, kangaroo paw, flowering gum
Mar – May	Dahlias, lisianthus, celosia, sedum, amaranthus, nerine, belladonna lily, protea, leucadendron, banksia, berzelia, autumn foliage and berries
Jun – Aug	Cymbidium orchids, Iceland poppies, anemones, ranunculus, jonquils and daffodils, hyacinth, tulips from late winter, wattle, protea, banksia, leucadendron
Sep – Nov	Tulips, ranunculus, anemones, sweet peas, stock, snapdragon, larkspur, freesia, iris, lilac, blossom branches, waxflower, boronia, peonies late in the season

If a particular flower matters to your family, tell us. Your funeral arranger will work closely with you and our florist to make sure your wishes are carried through, and we will always be honest about what the season allows.

A Signature White and Green spray on a Waverley Sapele coffin in a home garden

A Premium Bright and Beautiful spray on a white Grecian Urn casket in a chapel

A Premium Wildflowers spray on a Tasmanian Blackwood coffin

An Essential White and Green sheaf on a Daisybox cardboard casket

A Classic Bright and Beautiful sheaf on a white wicker casket by the beach

A Signature Roses spray in mixed colours on a Norwood Rosewood coffin

A Signature Pastels spray on a white Norwood coffin

A Premium Roses spray on a Walnut Grecian Urn at a church service

For friends and guests

Sending flowers to a service

If you are not arranging the funeral but would like to send something, find the funeral notice and you can order from there. The spray on the coffin is usually chosen by immediate family, so a sheaf, a posy or a vase arrangement is the right scale for a friend or colleague.

Where a family has asked for donations to a charity instead, it will say so on the notice with a link to give directly.

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Flowers are one part of it

Every element of a farewell is arranged the same way — we show you what's possible and take care of the rest.

A family gathered around a wildflower-covered coffin on the deck of a boat

Designing the farewell

Every choice you can make, in one place — the service, the venue, the coffin, the flowers, the music and the gathering.

Back to designing the farewell

Coffins & caskets

Timber, willow and cardboard, with every price shown.

See the range

A chef arranging canapés beside sprigs of wattle at a gathering

The gathering afterwards

Wherever your family comes together, we arrange the food.

See catering

Speak with us

You don't have to decide today

Tell us roughly what you have in mind, or nothing at all, and we will take it from there. Your funeral arranger will walk through the options with you when you are ready.

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Flowers, chosen with the season

Hand-tied sheaves

Coffin sprays

Vases, petals and single blooms

What each one looks like

Essential

Classic

Signature

Premium