May 29, 2026 | Children, Coffins, Events, Funeral planning, Funerals, Green funerals, Venues
A Farewell at Home – Gillian’s Story As we move into the summer, we’d like to bring your attention to home funerals. This is where a funeral takes place in the home or garden of the person who has died, or that of a family member or friend able to host the ceremony....
Dec 2, 2024 | Events, Funeral arrangements, Funeral planning, Funerals, Gloucestershire, Thoughts on funerals
December 2024’s ‘guest blog’ written by David Lambert – a Stroud resident, former Extinction Rebel, and part-time assistant here at Family Tree Funeral Company. I recently read a flyer from Pure Cremation,™ the UK’s leading provider of ‘direct...
Jan 5, 2022 | Coffins, Funeral arrangements, Funeral planning, Funerals, Gloucestershire
Introducing our first ‘guest blog’, this piece has been written by Roger Vincent-Silk whose wife Barbara died almost a year ago in February 2021. Barbara’s funeral was not conventional in that Roger opted for an ‘attended direct cremation’ and a shroud, not a coffin....