Hi
There are so many traditions that are handed down but this one I just do not know where my mother got it. I am thinking from my step father who was from Hamburg, Germany since everything I have read talks about Northern Germany. It is one, that I will keep up as long as I can however.
It was so very nice to hear from you. I hope you have a wonderful and safe Christmas

Ginger Hand

really am glad you might be able to find some comfort in having a grave blanket made for your mother. Thank you so much for sharing your story of your mom and the connection with your family and florist shops.
Take care
Stephanie

Sure, I would love to see it. I gave my mother a 6inch pink poinsettia about 5 or so years ago and her husband brings it in and out year after year. It is now in a 10 inch pot and about 36 inches high.

I was very interested in your recent article and video about grave blankets. This will be my first Christmas without my mother, who I lost in February. She was buried beside my father (and close by her parents and both sets of grandparents) on Valentine’s Day in Elizabeth City, NC. I know this will be a hard Christmas for me and I would love to be able to have a grave blanket made for my mom. I phoned the florist who prepared several gorgeous arrangements for the funeral and she is interested in perhaps making such a grave blanket to place on my mom’s grave for me.

She asked me to text your article or a link to it to her but I cannot figure out how to do either. Frankly, it’s bit long for a text and I want her to be able to see your fine video so a link would be ideal. Is there any way that you can send me a link to the article or to your December 3 email newsletter so I can text it to her?

I’m very excited about this and I know my mom, who always loved Christmas, would have loved the idea. Her family operated a florist when she was a young woman. When my father was on a Navy ship off the Korean coast during the Korean War, she lived and worked as a newlywed at a florist in California so she would be able to be as close as possible to his home port in San Francisco. Before I was born in 1953, she worked at a florist in downtown Norfolk, VA. Through her, even as a child, I developed a great appreciation for flowers and plants.

I hope that you can help me. Thank you.

Craig Winslow

Louise DeJames

Thank you for taking the time to write,

Stephanie

Thanks for an interesting read! I had never heard of a Grave Blanket and didn’t know that they were a Northern Europe tradition. My grand parents on my father’s side originally hailed from Germany, Bavaria I think. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article and also the video of how to make a grave blanket

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year!

Harold

Hi Steve
Wow! I can’t believe I missed this comment you wrote. I will let Alfred know you asked for him. Once in a while at the nursery, I see him. We just walk around with our masks one and look at what once was. Mom has trouble remembering things, but I will be sure to mention you. She is still married to Joe Festerling. I am so glad you had such good memories of the nursery. I only wish you could have come to our employee goodbye party we had the day after closing in June of 2019. What fun that was with people coming from all over the country and world to say goodbye. Amazing that my grandparents started something that touched so many lives.
Take care, and thank you for writing. I am just sorry it took me so long to respond.