Sympathy

Linda has been making funeral flowers long enough to know that the person ordering them is usually having the worst week of their life. Tell her the funeral home and the day. She will take it from there.

If the service is tomorrow, call rather than fill in a form. Same-day orders need to be in by [NEEDS LINDA: cut-off time].

For the service

Standing sprays, wreaths, crosses and casket pieces — delivered to the funeral home and set on their easels before the family arrives.

Wide one-sided all-red spray (roses, gerbera, carnations) fanned with palm and leatherleaf, photographed on the shop counter in front of the glass flower cooler.

Open heart wreath in pink, lavender and hot pink on a black wire easel, finished with a white satin bow and pink butterflies, against a grey funeral-home wall.

Full casket spray of pink lilies, roses, carnations and stock on a low stand in a funeral-home room with grey grasscloth walls and a wood floor.

Peach, orange and green casket spray (lilies, roses, carnations, bells of Ireland) on a stand in the workroom, with floral-foam bricks and shop shelving behind.

Royal blue and purple casket spray on a stand in the workroom, with vase buckets, order slips and the shop bench behind it.

Funeral-home room shot with three pieces together: the pink heart on an easel, the pink casket spray on a stand, and a peach standing spray on an easel with a printed condolence sash.

All-white one-sided basket arrangement (white roses, lilies, mums, snapdragon) in a dark wicker basket, set on a navy pedestal against a funeral-home wall with blue patterned wainscot and carpet.

White open heart wreath (roses, lilies, mums, baby's breath) with blue butterflies and a royal blue satin bow, on a black wire easel against a plain tan wall.

Large pink, magenta and purple casket spray (roses, dahlias, carnations, asters) on the workroom bench, with the shop's shelf and supplies behind it.

Pink and cream rose casket spray on a metal cooler shelf, with a handwritten funeral order card tucked into the top of the arrangement.

Tall standing spray of red roses, white lilies, blue hydrangea and gladiolus on a black wire easel, card tucked in, shot in front of a metal door.

Burgundy and white carnation casket spray with a red satin 'Loving Mother' ribbon sash, against the cooler wall.

Open-heart wreath of white cushion mums with ivy, on a wire easel, with a pink and lavender flower cluster and fuchsia bow at the base.

Large pink, coral and white rose-and-lily spray being carried by hand out of a house, photographed against the white siding and porch rail.

All-white standing spray — white roses, mums and daisies with palm — on a wire easel against a pale textured wall.

Pink, lavender and white casket spray (stock, snapdragon, carnations, roses, lilies) on the florist's work bench, with design buckets and tools on the shelf behind and an enclosure card tucked in.

White rose and green standing spray with bells of Ireland trailing, on a wire easel in a room corner, two sympathy cards tucked into the face.

Standing cross of white and green carnations with heavy foliage, on a wire easel against a gray textured wall.

Solid heart of turquoise and blue dyed carnations and delphinium with white lilies, on a wire easel in the shop workroom.

Pink and lavender standing spray — gerberas, carnations, spray roses, statice, palm — on a wire easel with pink bows tied to the easel legs.

White standing spray of roses, mums, lilies and snapdragons with dark greens and palm, on a wire easel against a plain white wall.

One-sided fan basket of blue-dyed roses and white carnations with an enclosure card, standing in a workroom corner beside a door on a dark orange-trimmed base.

Tall pink snapdragon and gladiolus standing spray on a wire easel with a pink satin bow, long streamers and a sympathy card clipped in the face.

All-white lily, rose, carnation and mum arrangement in a white ribbed funeral urn on a black pedestal, plain wall and blue patterned funeral-home carpet behind.

Long low pink piece — lilies, roses, carnations and stock — laid across a dining table with stems trailing over both edges.

Large one-sided fan basket of yellow and orange gerberas, red carnations, roses and mums on sword fern, shot in the workroom beside flower boxes and trash bags.

Pink open wreath with a carnation-and-rose butterfly worked across it, on a tall wire easel with pink bows tied to the legs, in a tiled lobby.

Large pink and cream oval spray of roses, lilies and carnations on a bed of palm fronds and leatherleaf, photographed on a rug in front of a couch.

Deep red and white domed oval spray — carnations, roses, snapdragons, hydrangea — on a round wooden table in front of the stainless walk-in cooler.

Pink, lavender and white casket spray with an enclosure card on a card pick, on a round table at the walk-in cooler door.

Solid white carnation heart edged in greenery with a pink and lavender rose spray across it and a white satin bow, on a wire easel at the cooler with a sympathy card attached.

Solid red carnation heart on a wire easel with white rose and carnation accents and a white ribbon, tagged, against the cooler wall

Casket spray of burgundy and white roses with palm fronds and a card laid on top, photographed against the cooler wall

Tall standing spray of red roses and white lilies on an easel, outdoors on a driveway beside a white house, ready for delivery

Large fan-shaped spray of peach and cream roses with pink filler and palm fronds, held up by a woman in a lavender sleeve in a wood-floored hall

Open-centre heart wreath in purple and white carnations and daisies on a wire easel against the stainless cooler

Open-centre heart wreath of lavender and pink roses and stock on a wire easel, card attached, in the cooler

Round wreath in red, white and blue flowers on a wire easel in the workroom — patriotic memorial piece

Tall standing spray of pink and lavender roses with white carnations and palm fronds, sympathy cards clipped on, inside the walk-in cooler

Round wreath of bright yellow, orange and red mixed flowers hanging on a plain white interior wall

For the house

Low arrangements and baskets sent to a home rather than a service.

Large all-around oval arrangement in hot orange, yellow and magenta — roses, gerberas, mums, stargazer lilies — sitting directly on a pale studio table with no visible vase.

Compact pink carnation and rose basket with a white enclosure card tucked in, greenery skirt, sitting on the shop floor by the cooler

Large pink rose and white chrysanthemum basket with a card, on a round wooden table against the cooler wall

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