DEAR HELOISE: Martha D., in Southfield, Michigan, missed the point about flowers at a funeral. Of course, the dead person can’t “appreciate the beauty,” but family and friends are comforted by the ...

CLEBURNE, Texas — At Cleburne Floral, beauty meets grief. Corey Hartley is one of roughly 25 florists across Texas who’ve joined a grassroots effort called Flowers for Texas — a coalition formed just ...

Dear Heloise: In regard to your hint about flowers at funerals, I no longer send flowers to funerals. Sometimes the service is so darn short, maybe 2 hours, and then it’s right to the crematory or ...

Laura Ruth and Rebecca Shelly collect flowers after weddings and funerals to repurpose them. Laura Ruth, left, and Rebecca Shelly of Friendly City Florals, with donated flowers that they rearranged in ...