Title: (Sensitive) Plan a funeral order.
Course: Floral Design II (18056-II) > Section: Servicing Special Events

Plan should include consideration of

- information about the deceased (obituary)
- consultation process
- floral designs
- styles of funeral arrangements
- sympathy design trends
- religious and cultural funeral traditions and customs
- supplies specific to sympathy design
- funeral arrangements which may include casket sprays, standing sprays, wreaths, arrangements, and set pieces
- product alternatives to fresh arrangements for the sympathy market.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Do all floral outlets service funerals? If not, which do and which do not?
- What is the role of the florist in funeral planning?
- What are the recent trends in sympathy design?