Flowers  

What could be better than a posy of loosely tied flowers from your garden (or provided by a friend with a lovely garden and a talent for this). If you do use a florist to provide flowers please ask them not to use Oasis foam or plastic trays and frames. A good florist should be able to make an arrangement tied with raffia using locally grown flowers - you just need to let them know that the flowers are for a natural burial.

Many people remove a few stems before placing the sheaf on the coffin.  These individual stems can be placed at the head of the grave after the burial.

Encourage those attending to bring a posy or perhaps some petals or lavender to scatter into the grave.

Large arrangements can be taken back to the post-funeral gathering or donated to a local hospital.

Funeral flower arrangements in plastic frames or trays with blocks of Oasis will be removed immediately as they pose a threat to livestock and wildlife.

Based in Herefordshire, The Great British Florist does just the sort of thing appropriate for natural burial grounds.

You can order them here The Great British Florist