Cemetery Grave Vase Inserts, Cemetery Flowers Holder Bracket for Grave Vase, Reusable Cemetery Decorations for Grave (2)

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The first step to keeping your flowers safe should always be to know and abide by your cemetery’s rules for flowers and decorations. This will eliminate the possibilities that it’s groundskeepers removing your flowers. Some cemeteries don’t have any specific regulations. If this is the case with yours, try to keep them out of areas where mowers run. Be sure to fill the vase with a good amount of water to keep the bouquet fresh as long as possible. Get your hands on some floral tape and wire If you prefer to have your flowers displayed in vases, there is a product out there called, “ Stay in Vase Design” that will keep your flowers safe from the wind, but not some of the other culprits for missing flowers.

Leaving flowers at a memorial is a great way to show you care—both for the loved one who passed away, as well as anyone else who comes to visit their grave. If their memorial includes a cemetery vase, so much the better. However, you may struggle to keep the flowers arranged beautifully in the cemetery vase. Here are our best tips to secure flowers in a cemetery vase. Using a styrofoam fillerin the bottom of a vase is one of the most popular options to secure flowers and prevent them from blowing away. Similar to the way many fancy floral bouquets work, a styrofoam piece is molded to the exact shape of the bottom half of the vase.For this option, you’ll need a foam insert similar to the styrofoam insert mentioned in Step 1. Once you have this, you can move on to the bouquet. Try each of these steps until you find the right option that works for your setup. If you're using real flowers... Since silk flowers are more forgiving than real flowers, you can securely anchor the bouquet into a vase to keep it from blowing away using an extra step. The methods above well for both live and silk bouquets, but if you want to ensure your lightweight silk flowers won’t blow away, consider adding a floral weight to the bouquet.

Once the styrofoam is shaped to fit the vase, place lines of hot glue on all sides of the styrofoam and let it dry. After the hot glue dries, fit the styrofoam into the vase. It should have a firm grip but be able to come out if needed.Loose flowers are a problem when it comes to grave flower etiquette and should be kept secure in the vase. There are several steps you can take to keep your flowers from blowing away during a rainstorm or high winds. Take each of the long ends of the wire and bend the bottom inch into an ‘L’ shape. This will provide an anchor when you place it into the foam. Now, just as you did in Step 1, press the bouquet stems and the wire into the foam base. Once firmly in the vase, gently rotate the bouquet in the direction of the ‘L’ wire ends. This will secure the wire into the foam and act as an anchor for the entire bouquet. If you're using silk flowers... To secure the bouquet to the foam piece, you’ll need a foot and a half of floral wire. Holding the bouquet together, wrap the wire around the midsection of the bouquet three or four times starting in the middle of the wire. After you’ve wrapped it, you should have two long ends hanging down from the bouquet. The wire ends should be just as long as the stems of your flowers. This is what helps anchor your bouquet into the foam.

Be sure to clean out the vase and remove any dirt or debris such as dried grass or leaves before you fit the foam insert inside. This is best done on a regular basis, so plan to clean the vase when you clean the headstone each time you visit. As sad as it is to contemplate, grave bouquets do get stolen. Why, and what happens to the flowers after they are taken, is largely a mystery. Regardless, it can be quite upsetting to place so much time, effort, and money into choosing the perfect floral arrangement for your loved one’s grave to find it missing a day or two later. Headstone saddles are designed to clamp on the the top of the stone and hold your arrangement in place, but it really doesn’t take much wind to blow it away. The metal arms of the saddle aren’t strong enough to make that tight of a clamp hold. The Best Way to Keep Cemetery Flowers from Blowing Away

Flower anchors work best for saddle arrangements: floral bouquets that are made to fit on the top of a grave marker. When it comes to flowers in vases, however, a flower anchor can still help deter would-be thieves from walking away with a floral arrangement dedicated to a loved one. Thread the wire through the bouquet and secure the drawstrings with the wire. Place the bouquet into the vase and let the floral weight settle into the bottom of the vase. If you’re using a foam insert, ensure that the floral weight settles on top of the foam. This adds extra weight, helping keep the flowers in place all year. Can You Keep Flowers From Being Stolen at a Grave? When used properly, the anchor is hidden from view, but will only allow the arrangement to move a few inches. Most thieve and vandals won’t take the time to figure out why it’s not coming off the stone, and will simply move on to an easier target.