The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Potted Plants vs. Cut Flowers for Funerals: Etiquette, Symbolism, and What Families Prefer - Funeral.com, Inc.

Potted Plants vs. Cut Flowers for Funerals: Etiquette, Symbolism, and What Families Prefer

When someone dies, most of us reach for the same instinct: do something. Not a grand gesture, not a perfect speech—just something tangible that says, “I’m here, and I care.”...

Renting Silk Flowers: A Zero-Waste Alternative for Memorials and Celebration-of-Life Events - Funeral.com, Inc.

Renting Silk Flowers: A Zero-Waste Alternative for Memorials and Celebration-of-Life Events

In grief, it is common to focus on “the big decisions” and then feel unexpectedly overwhelmed by details. Flowers are one of those details. They soften a room, they communicate...

Penn Forest Natural Burial Park: Pennsylvania Green Burial Rules and What’s Allowed - Funeral.com, Inc.

Penn Forest Natural Burial Park: Pennsylvania Green Burial Rules and What’s Allowed

When someone you love dies—or when you are planning ahead and trying to make the kindest choices you can—details you never expected to care about suddenly matter. Not in a...

Eloise Woods Natural Burial Park: Texas Green Burial Guidelines and What Families Should Know - Funeral.com, Inc.

Eloise Woods Natural Burial Park: Texas Green Burial Guidelines and What Families Should Know

If you’re looking into natural burial in Texas, you’ve probably already discovered the most confusing part: it’s not one uniform thing. “Green burial” can mean a fully natural burial with...

Bee-Friendly Memorial Planting: Flowers That Support Pollinators (and Avoid Pesticides) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Bee-Friendly Memorial Planting: Flowers That Support Pollinators (and Avoid Pesticides)

A memorial garden is often born in a quiet gap between tasks. The calls have been made. The paperwork is underway. The world keeps moving, even when your heart hasn’t...

Bird-Friendly Burial: Creating Habitat at a Grave With Native Plants and Safe Design - Funeral.com, Inc.

Bird-Friendly Burial: Creating Habitat at a Grave With Native Plants and Safe Design

Some memorials are built to look finished. A bird friendly burial—or a bird-supporting memorial garden—aims for something gentler: a living place that keeps changing, season after season, the way love does....

Carbon Offsetting for Funerals: How to Offset Cremation and Travel Emissions Without Greenwashing - Funeral.com, Inc.

Carbon Offsetting for Funerals: How to Offset Cremation and Travel Emissions Without Greenwashing

In the middle of grief, “carbon” can feel like a strange word to carry. You may be planning a service, answering messages you don’t have the energy to answer, and...

Breast Implants and Cremation: What Silicone Does in the Retort and Emissions Questions to Ask - Funeral.com, Inc.

Breast Implants and Cremation: What Silicone Does in the Retort and Emissions Questions to Ask

When a family chooses cremation, the questions usually start out practical—paperwork, timing, and what happens next. Then a more personal detail surfaces, often quietly: “She had breast implants. Does that...

Wooden Cremation Urns: Pros, Cons, Durability, and Best Wood Types - Funeral.com, Inc.

Wooden Cremation Urns: Pros, Cons, Durability, and Best Wood Types

There’s a reason wooden cremation urns remain one of the most searched urn styles. Wood feels familiar. It looks like something that belongs in a home. It can feel less...

Biodegradable Caskets and Eco-Friendly Coffins: Options for Green Burial and Cremation - Funeral.com, Inc.

Biodegradable Caskets and Eco-Friendly Coffins: Options for Green Burial and Cremation

When families search for a biodegradable casket or an eco friendly coffin, they’re usually trying to do two things at once: honor a loved one in a way that feels...

Biodegradable Urns for Land Burial: Best Materials for Green Burial and Tree Memorials - Funeral.com, Inc.

Biodegradable Urns for Land Burial: Best Materials for Green Burial and Tree Memorials

There is a moment many families describe after cremation: the practical part is finished, but the emotional part hasn’t found a place to rest. The ashes arrive—sometimes in a temporary...

Are Biodegradable Burial Urns a Good Option? Pros, Cons, and Best Use Cases - Funeral.com, Inc.

Are Biodegradable Burial Urns a Good Option? Pros, Cons, and Best Use Cases

It often starts in a quiet, ordinary place: a kitchen table, a text thread among siblings, a small cardboard box from the crematory that feels heavier than it looks. Families...

Burial Shrouds Explained: How Shroud Burial Works, Materials, and Green Burial Requirements - Funeral.com, Inc.

Burial Shrouds Explained: How Shroud Burial Works, Materials, and Green Burial Requirements

When people hear the phrase burial shroud, the first reaction is often a mix of curiosity and uncertainty. Is it simply a sheet? Is it only for certain religions? Is...

How Long Do Biodegradable Urns Last? Breakdown Times for Burial and Water Ceremonies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How Long Do Biodegradable Urns Last? Breakdown Times for Burial and Water Ceremonies

There’s a particular kind of quiet that shows up after a cremation—after the phone calls, after the logistics, after the first wave of decisions. It often arrives when the ashes...

Biodegradable Urns for Ashes: Best Eco Options for Land Burial or Sea Scattering - Funeral.com, Inc.

Biodegradable Urns for Ashes: Best Eco Options for Land Burial or Sea Scattering

When a family chooses cremation, the next decision often arrives quietly: what happens now? For some people, the answer is a traditional urn that stays at home. For others, the...

Biodegradable Urns for Ashes: Types, Burial Options & How Long They Last - Funeral.com, Inc.

Biodegradable Urns for Ashes: Types, Burial Options & How Long They Last

After a cremation, many families describe the same moment: the calls have been made, the paperwork is moving, and the world feels strangely quiet. You may be holding a temporary...