Flower & Decoration Rules

Fresh cut flowers only are permitted from March 1st to November 30th. All decorations other than fresh cut flowers will be removed when we do any work in the area. This includes making burials, as well as the mowing of the grass, etc.

Wreaths and pine blankets may be placed no earlier than December 1st. They will be left until the spring clean-up March 1st.

The management shall have the authority to remove all flowers and floral designs as soon as, in the sole judgement of the management, they become unsightly, diseased or dangerous, or when they do not conform to the standards maintained in the entire cemetery.

*No artificial flowers, balloons, glass containers, stones, wind chimes, potted plants or other ornaments permitted.

Spring cleanup is March 1. Holiday wreaths and decorations are permitted December 1 to February 28. If you wish to keep a decoration piece, please remove them before these dates.

No permanent flower receptacle or vase may be placed on any plot unless approved by the cemetery. The Corporation shall not be liable for lost, misplaced, stolen or broken flower vases.

The use of bronze vases is prohibited during the winter months of November 30 to February 28, as they are subject to permanent damage by equipment or freezing water to the vase and marker. Bronze vases should be flipped over and placed into the marker for safekeeping over winter.

Non-conforming decorations will be temporarily permitted three (3) days before and one week (7 days) after Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day or Veterans Day. These decorations, if not removed from the grave site and taken away from the cemetery by those lawfully entitled to them by the end of the seventh day after the holiday, may be removed and disposed of by the Corporation in any manner it sees fit without notice and/or liability.

The cemetery permits a total of three (3) baskets of flowers, casket sprays, or any combination thereof, to be placed at the chapel door or interment site on the day of the funeral. These flowers will be removed from the chapel or mausoleum door at the conclusion of the service and from the grave site two (2) days after the interment.

o maintain the overall beauty of the cemetery by facilitating proper lawn maintenance and to remove the hazard to visitors by fallen and/or pointed standards and flag sticks and to protect the decorum of our flag by unattended flags falling to the ground, American flags placed for Memorial Day will be removed one week (7 days) after Memorial Day as they become a danger to maintenance personnel if they fall over unseen. American Flags may be placed one week (7 days) before Veterans Day and will be removed one week (7 days) after Veterans Day. Flags placed at any other time will be removed prior to the next mowing. Any flag that has fallen to the ground or has become worn and unsightly will be removed. Flags may have to be removed in the normal course of maintenance or burials.

*Jefferson Memorial Park assumes no responsibility for personal property and such items may be removed at any time, without notice and/or liability.