As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Veteran’s Day Sale:

Americana Urn

Our solid brass cremation urn with vibrant red, white, and blue enamel is on sale and includes an engraved silver medallion for $235.00

American Pride Cremation Urn

Our solid brass American Pride cremation urn features a rich slate finish, hand-engraved with an American Eagle and the American Flag. Perfect for a military funeral service, or patriotic soul.

Eternity Flag Case Urn

The Eternity is a combination walnut flag case and urn. Back of the flag case contains urn compartment with 225 cubic inch capacity. Embossed Great Seal on elegant beveled glass. Heirloom Walnut with hinged lid, concealed magnetic closure and dust seal to preserve your 5′ x 9.5′ standard size burial flag.  The Eternity Urn is:

Connemara marble is a beautiful and rare stone – 750 million years old and found only in the northwest of Ireland.

Urn Garden is pleased to bring you the finest Irish cremation urn in the world, selected from premium blocks of Connemara marble  quarried in beautiful County Galway. Our Irish Marble Smith hand-carves and hand-polishes every urn, making each urn a unique work of art from a precious piece of the Emerald Isle.

Customers agree, here’s a kind word from Catherine, who selected an Irish marble burial urn for her mother:

The urns came and they are beautiful. My Mother was from Ireland and so a Connemara Marble urn was really the only choice. No one in our family has ever been cremated before, so this was a unique experience. My Father was shattered, but he actually feels better now that she is home in the urn. We plan on taking her back to Ireland to be buried. I must tell you, the picture does not do it justice. It is far more grand than the impression the photo gives you.

Connemara Marble Urn

ROME:

The Italian Bishops’ Conference is preparing to publish updated norms on funeral rites including cremation and the burial of ashes.

The manual, which will be reviewed and approved by the bishops’ conference in Assisi on November 9,  will explain that Catholic doctrine does not oppose cremation but rejects the practice of storing ashes of loved ones at home.  The document will stress that this is a violation of the work of mercy that obliges Catholics to provide a holy burial to the dead.

Keeping the ashes of the dead at home does away with the important rite of accompanying the deceased to the cemetery, “which unites the community of believers.”  Burying the ashes at a cemetery, the “place of the dead,” is what makes most sense, the bishops will add.

Scattering the ashes, according to the Italian bishops, is based on a pagan ritual that supposedly symbolized the union of the deceased with “the great soul of mother earth,” and is contrary to the Christian obligation, established by the Lord Jesus himself, to bury the dead.

Continue reading “Church in Italy to issue clarification on cremation”

Egyptian Pyramid Keepsake Urn

We’ve just released our new Egyptian Pyramid Urn. Sculpted and produced in cold-cast resin, the Pyramid urn can be used as a keepsake or a cremation urn for a small pet.

Other timeless Egyptian pyramid urn styles include the adult size Black Granite Urn.

Egyptian Black Granite Urn

English Rose Urn

Introducing the English Rose and Black Orchid Scattering Urns. Durable, dignified and easy to use.

Black Orchid Urn

Each urn features a convenient removable lid that opens for simple scattering of the ashes.

Contains no metal or plastic components and can be recycled or composted after use.

Suitable for “in-cabin” airline transportation.

Leopard print urns? Why not?

Urn Garden has a new line of biodegradable scattering urns for families that plan to celebrate life by spreading the ashes.

Bird is the word for funeral directors!

Bird-themed urns in the styles that your families want are on sale now!

Preview Catalog page: birdnp

Case pack only, will mix and match urn styles for your funeral home.

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Greetings to our friends in funeral service!

We have a select group of urns on sale that will appeal to the families you serve.

Preview Catalog Page: catalog0

These styles are family favorites, and include bird-themed cremation urns, Going Home, bronze and copper urns.

Available in case pack (4) only. Interested?

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Some families like to scatter ashes from way up high, this lady is releasing a keepsake amount of cremated ashes from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Or this undisclosed location:

We prefer to keep it on the down low, whether spreading ashes on the ground or over the water:

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Gabriel Hernandez

If you plan to spread the ashes on the ground, a shallow trench or groove can be dug in the soil or sand where the ashes can be placed. This process can be personalized by drawing out the person’s name or a heart shaped trench. Add candles or luminaries around the trench to create a spiritual ambiance and can be later used as a keepsake for those that attend.  Wildflower seeds and  tree plantings are another way to personalize the event. At the end of the ceremony, participants can either rake over the remains in the trench, or have the water from the ocean sweep the remains out to sea while family and friends join hands and remember the individual’s life.

The most common method of scattering ashes is known as “casting” , which is basically tossing the ashes into the wind.  Let’s talk about the WIND.  Consider wind direction and try to cast down to prevent “blow-back”.  The dense nature of human ashes combined with a fine powder forms a whitish-gray cloud when it becomes airborne.

Some families want to release the ashes all at once, and others want to spread the ashes as a group, each member taking a turn scattering the remains.

This family opted to split the ashes in individual envelopes, some DIY-ers use paper cups.   Your family funeral director can make this process much easier if you need assistance or have questions regarding this process.

Scattering tubes and biodegradable scattering urns are also available.