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I dont know if anyone has ever come across this before but heres hoping.
It is quite common in my shop for people to purchase single red long stemmed roses to throw on a coffin being interred. I always leave them free of packaging bar a small single bow at the bottom of the stem and this has always been popular.

HOWEVER I now have something quite new to me. A mother has come in and ordered roses to be placed inside the coffin which is being cremated. presume each person will individually place the rose inside the coffin but didn't really like to ask (well you wouldnt would you). As she is being cremated in a wicker coffin (don't ask I don't understand either as it is a cremation) my question is - do I put the bow on or not - the ribbon is not biodegradable and I can only assume she was environmentally aware. Would you dress the rose, or not? Funeral is next Thursday.

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If we had been meant to eat all our greens all our teeth would have been in the front

What about a bit of raffia, that's organic isn't it. Personally I would leave the au naturel.

agree. naked as the day it was grown is the way to go.

Thanks guys that was my initial instinct but didn't want customer to feel cheated - if you get my drift. As she is ordering 49 long stemmed roses....

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If we had been meant to eat all our greens all our teeth would have been in the front

leave it natural

Yep I'd say natural too Abi.

I agree with natural. We've had a couple of these and have always gone natural.

Ditto leave it natural

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why not have some little red raffia bows made ready in case she wants to add something you never know what the customer is thinking and if there are quite a few then she maybe annoyed at haveing wait and if she doesn't want then then pop in a bag for xmas or vals day they won't go to waste
just a thought!

In most cases just left them natural. Would nearly always ask at the time of ordering if they wanted simple ribbon or raffia. Some did, some didn't. Default would be naked. In a case like this there is no need to feel you have to do something to them to justify the price or prove your capabilities.

As to 'biodegradable', i don't think it really matters with a cremation, it's going to be toasted anyway. It just comes down to personal preference by the customer. If it's a wicker coffin it tends to be everything 'natural'.

Did quite a few wickers with trailing ivy all round. Just what i had in the garden. They always looked the part.

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