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Title: Sympathy Flowers


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Sympathy Flowers
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Sympathy Flowers
  • Important segment of retail business
  • pieces sent to the funeral home
  • permanent flowers and potted plants for cemetery

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Sympathy flowers
  • bread and butter income for shops
  • not a seasonal sale
  • needed throughout the year

4
Sympathy flowers
  • provide steady income for the florist
  • competition among shops is keen

5
Sympathy flowers
  • area customs and traditions are important
  • must cooperate with customer and funeral home

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Sympathy flowers
  • sent as a tribute to the deceased
  • an expression of love and sympathy for the
    surviving family

7
Sympathy flowers
  • orders are taken, designed and delivered quickly
  • can require extra hours on evenings and weekends

8
Sympathy flowers
  • family members will usually speak with the
    florist to order the main arrangements
  • casket sprays

9
Sympathy flowers
  • family may need to rely on the florist for
    assistance in choosing flowers and style

10
Basic designs
  • size and style vary based upon customer request
  • most common include
  • casket sprays
  • standing sprays

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Basic designs
  • wreaths
  • baskets
  • arrangements
  • green and blooming plants

12
Each piece
  • is tagged with a card giving the name of the
    deceased and the sender

13
Each piece
  • double cards are popular - half of the card is
    given to the family, the other half stays on the
    arrangement

14
Card
  • includes a description of the piece
  • this helps family to remember the piece when
    sending acknowledgements

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Card
  • address of sender may also be included

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Casket sprays
  • also called covers
  • sits on the lid of the casket
  • most elaborate piece
  • generally purchased by the closest family members

17
Casket sprays
  • three sizes
  • full couch
  • three quarters
  • half couch

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Casket sprays
  • 3/4 and 1/2 are the most popular
  • full couch are the most expensive and difficult
    to handle if the casket is to be opened.

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Sprays
  • most popular piece ordered
  • may be single or double
  • single spray has a bow at one end with flowers
    extending to the other end

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Sprays
  • designed to be displayed on a special frame that
    holds up to one dozen sprays along the sides or
    end of the casket

21
Sprays
  • single are less expensive than double sprays and
    wreaths
  • offers customer a broad price range
  • price is determined by the type of flowers used

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Sprays
  • a bow is added and filler flowers are placed
    around the bow and between the primary flowers

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Sprays
  • double sprays are called standing sprays
  • they are displayed on wire easels.
  • Dixon picks attach the styrofoam to the easel

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Sprays
  • two wooden picks attached on opposite ends of a
    flexible metal strip
  • double sprays are often placed alongside the
    casket

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Sprays
  • usually an oval, diamond, or triangular shape
  • bow is placed in the center with flowers
    extending in both directions

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Sprays
  • may be hand tied with the natural stems showing
  • do not have a source of water and must be
    delivered the day of the funeral

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Sprays
  • hand tied are not practical for this reason
  • many use floral foam soaked in preservative and
    water
  • flowers stay fresh longer

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Sprays
  • a block of styrofoam may also be used
  • this adds strength to the arrangement
  • makes delivery easier

29
Sprays
  • flowers are placed in water picks and inserted
    into the styrofoam

30
Wreaths
  • constructed in a similar manner to sprays
  • wreath forms are made of styrofoam, straw, or
    plastic casing filled with floral foam

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Wreaths
  • may also use natural grapevine wreaths
  • range in size from 12 - 30 inches in diameter

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Wreaths
  • may add accessories to the center
  • bibles are popular - taken home by the family as
    a memento

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Baskets
  • plastic, metal, papier mache
  • grapevine may also be used
  • often a plastic liner is used inside the basket
    to hold water

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Baskets
  • most common flowers
  • gladioli
  • carnations
  • mums
  • poppons

35
Baskets
  • roses and lillies may be added to increase the
    value of the basket
  • arrangement is usually triangular or fan shaped

36
Baskets
  • bows are often added
  • script is often added to the ribbon streamer
  • Mother, Father
  • Friend, Grandfather etc.

37
Other designs
  • many times florists are asked to incorporate an
    insignia or logo of a group or club which the
    deceased belonged to

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Other designs
  • hearts and crosses are popular
  • living plants
  • blooming plants
  • potted plants are decorated with bows
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