For many people, headstone is not only a mark that enables us to recognize our love one, but also a monument that carry our sadness and yearning for them. Thus, we all hope to make granite cemetery headstone looks beautiful and clean. Referring to the adornments for tombstone, flower would be the best one. Nevertheless, have you notice they are easy to be blown away ?

The reasons your flowers are missing

Wind is considered as the most possible cause that leads to the disappearance of flower. Indeed, in windy areas, this happen frequently. But, the reasons are more than that. Your flowers might have been taken away by the groundskeeper. If the bouquet fell, or be blown off the headstone, the groundskeeper will pick it up and do away with it when they are looking over the cemetery. Or it may be forbidden to place flowers on headstone,so your flowers are get rid of. Another possibility is that your arrangement is put in a place where the mow need to be weeded out. If your bouquet are made of real flowers, it may be eaten by animals. The worst case is that thefts stole the flowers. In recent years, the theft cases in cemetery has risen. Some people rob the funeral tombstone accessories that can be reused, others destroy them groundless.

The ways for securing cemetery flowers to headstone

• It is vital to know and abide the rules of the cemetery. This will keep your flowers from being disposed of by groundskeeper. If the cemetery doesn’t have any special regulation, you need to pay attention to the following points.

• Putting your flowers carefully and do not place them in the area where mowers run.

• Adding granite or marble funeral vase to the gravestone.Stone vases are heavy and they often adhere to the bases of headstones, hence, you can put your mind at ease to place your arrangement in the vase. This method would be suitable for windy areas.

• If you are afraid that the flowers will be stolen by thefts, you can make some contraptions to secure them. Such kind of things are easy to be seen in cemetery, like iron gauze, zip tie, adhesive tape,etc.However, no one can make sure that they will really protect the flowers from being stolen. Conversely, these things will usually uglify stones. Sometimes, they will even destroy them.

• Headstone saddle is a common tool to clamp on the top of the stone and secure your flowers, but its metal arms isn’t strong enough, it doesn’t need much wind to blow it away.

• Use a flower anchor. It is a newly design tool to secure flowers to headstone. The anchor attached to the stone with a high bonding tape that can be used on masonry. It has a thin, aircraft grade wire loop, and then a clip on the other end. The clip is designed to clip on to the metal saddle, but with a little thought, and arrangement could be clipped to it, as well. Once attached to the stone, and clipped to the flowers, you have a tether that is secured to the grave marker. This can help your arrangement avoid being blown away and it also ward them off fallen on the ground. The mowers can not destroy it, as well. What’s more, it is impossible for the theft to take it away. The anchor is not easy to be recognized, so you don’t need to worry that it will affect the appearance.

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