Our Larkspur have already come and gone. Always precarious in early spring, it takes me awhile to distinguish between weed and bloom. Over the years, I’ve ripped up a few plants before I realized. Larkspur are easy, hardy, and often in the wildflower mixes that you can buy inexpensively and sprinkle out of a can.
Larkspur is the July birth flower and symbolizes laughter, energy, and relaxation.
Memorial Garden Stone
Green and gold in the garden. A cool respite in the heat.
Green, the color of life, renewal. Gold = wealth , riches, and wisdom.
To celebrate Life and the green and gold of summer, we have the Glory Cremation Urn and matching keepsake on sale for $99.00
Glory Cremation Urn, free keepsake urn
BUNNELL, Fla. — The family of a Florida man has chosen a unique way to spread his ashes: Sending them off in fireworks during a lakeside Fourth of July celebration.
Tom Moore died unexpectedly in May, and his remains were cremated.
The central Florida man always enjoyed watching fireworks on the Fourth of July, and so his family approached a fireworks company about spreading his ashes during the celebration.
Santore & Sons agreed to accommodate the family’s request, and began packing Moore’s ashes into shells on Tuesday.
A pyrotechnic tribute to Moore will be held on Sunday.
Comments on this article are a mixed bag, and while this ash scattering ceremony isn’t for every family, it’s definitely a personalized memorial service.
Workers at Denver International Airport erected a seven-ton statue of Anubis on Wednesday, June 2 next to the main terminal to promote an upcoming King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.
Egyptian god of the dead at the airport?
Egyptian Anubis Urn
A nice surprise on Memorial Day 2010, poppies sprang up around the bird bath in the garden.
We love poppies, blood red oriental poppies. Ancient Egyptians placed garlands of poppies on mummies and the Greeks crowned their dead with the flower. Legend has it that in Europe, poppies sprang up on battlefields from the blood of slain soldiers. In the Victorian language of flowers, Poppies symbolize consolation, sleep, and rest, and was commonly used to memorialize the dead.
“And now, my beauties, something with poison in it, I think. Something with poison in it, but attractive to the eye, and soothing to the smell. Poppies… Poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep. Sleep. Now they’ll sleep!”
-The Wicked Witch of the West
The Urn Garden Rock of Love Collection is special because each urn is a work of art. A natural beauty. Quarried from all over the world.
Black Zebra marble urn with pewter finial and base.
Gothic Black Marble Urn
The Fossil Marble Urn is quarried from an ancient seabed and is characterized by the presence of the fossilized prehistoric marine life.
Fossil Marble Urn
Create a lasting memorial garden with our River Rock Outdoor Urn.
Outdoor Urn
Merl Wilhelm
July 14, 1934-April 6, 2010
We’ll miss seeing you buzzing around the garden. Merle had his chair rigged for trash collection, and was the eyes and ears for our block. A good man and proud American. Our thoughts go out to the family.
We’ve been inspired by the twittering of our feathered friends, the birds to create our Song Bird Urn Collection. Selections include Secret Garden Blown Glass Urn:
Secret Garden Funeral Urn
Sitting Doves Keepsake Urn
We’ve covered the Italian sculpture urns before. The Sitting Dove Keepsake Urn is in stock and has beautiful carved detail, with a smooth sparkling finish.
Soon, we’ll be celebrating the return of the hummingbirds. A popular choice with families is our Hummingbird cloisonne urn. Available in both a single adult size, as well as a double capacity companion urn. Despite it’s delicate appearance, Cloisonne is a strong and durable blend of metal and baked enamel.
Hummingbird Cloisonne Urn
This urn can be personalized with engraving.
The Truth and Friendship marble urn is the first memorial urn featured in our Shades of Blue Cremation Urn Collection. The Urn Garden artists have crafted this cremation urn from the ancient stone Lapis Lazuli , the stone of friendship and truth. The blue stone is said to encourage harmony in relationships and help its wearer to be authentic and give his or her opinion openly.
Lapis features deep shades of blue dusted with golden flecks of pyrite and intermittent gray or white calcite deposits and takes an excellent polish that shimmers like a star. This ancient stone was a favorite with the Egyptians who crafted it for jewelery, and used the crushed minerals for eyeshadow.
