Rules and Regulations

Decorating

Below provides a quick and easy reference on what decorations are permitted for everyone that visits their loved ones.                 

Unauthorized decorations* on cemetery grounds will result in the prompt removal and disposal of item.

1. NO ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS PERMITTED unless in cemetery approved, permanently attached vases or in saddles on top of raised marker/monuments. Vase and Saddle artificial flowers may remain all year long. Unsightly flowers will be removed.
   • No other item(s) is permitted to be placed in vases or saddles.
   • Saddles are not permitted to be tied down. 
2. Only Annual Flowers (flowers which die off each year) are permitted April through September.
3. Planting flowers is at your own risk.
   • We do not intend to mow/trim down your flowers, however mishaps do happen. We apologize should this take place.
   • There is an abundance of wildlife (deer, rabbits, fox, raccoons, groundhogs and coyotes) that may/do eat the flowers.
4. You may either plant in the ground or have potted plants.
   • The cemetery highly recommends planters in lieu of flower beds.
   • Please build up your flower bed, this makes trimming around the flowers much easier.
   • Should flowers (planted or potted) become unsightly, they will be removed.
5. Only plant on ONE SIDE of a above ground marker/monument. If you own a monument lot and have also purchased the lots directly behind your monument, you may plant flowers on the backside of the monument only if burials have taken place.
6. Flower bed can only be the length of the marker/monument, and come out 18 inches from the marker/monument.
7. Do not plant, mulch or place any items on the sides of marker/monument.
8. Mulch is only permitted in the flower bed and must be wood mulch. Rubber mulch cannot be used.
9. Main grass level markers are only permitted to have potted flowers on ONE SIDE of the marker. No in-ground planting is permitted.
10. When a government marker at the foot of a grave or grass marker for on-top burials is placed, no potted or in-ground planting is permitted. Only flowers at the main marker/monument will be permitted.
11. During the month of October, all planted flowers and pots must be removed due to annual cleanup.
12. Only items permitted from Nov 1st through February 15th are Christmas wreath or Christmas cross (Artificial or Fresh) wired to a tri-pod easel no taller than 36” (3 feet). Only two (2) Christmas wreaths or Christmas crosses are permitted per lot. Christmas Planter (Artificial or Fresh) may also be placed.
13. No in-ground planting is permitted on a lot until a memorial has been placed. However, potted plants may be placed.
14. Fresh cut flowers (unwrapped) are permitted to be laid on a grave.
15. Only potted plants are permitted at crypt and niche buildings.
16. Any item with a point, stick, rod, string, wire or hook is not permitted to be pushed into the ground. The exception to this rule is a wreath/floral stand.
17. No item is permitted to be taped, affixed, glued, wired, adhered, hung or draped/wrapped around a marker/monument, crypt and niche doors, cremation boulder surface and lids, trees or bushes.
18. Only one military flag/flag holder is permitted per veteran. Flag holder must be placed as close to the main marker/monument as possible. The only time a flag holder is permitted at a government marker is when the government marker is being used as the main marker, not as a foot marker.

Reasoning behind our rules:

1. Planting of Perennials is not permitted due to the fact they spread.
2. In the month of October, cemetery personnel are actively mulching leaves.
3. We have limited our decoration policy because of the overabundance of items left on lots. And also due to the fact:
   • There is a danger to persons and property when items are left on a grave.
   • Artificial flowers and some other items often contain metals which can cause damage to equipment and if caught by the lawn cutting equipment can cause injury.
   • Items pushed into to ground have a tendency to blow all over the cemetery.
   • One might know, but markers/monuments are not permanently attached to the foundation. Reason being, there are times the cemetery personnel must move marker(s)/monument(s) to obtain enough area to dig a grave. 
   • When items are placed in the winter months, these items freeze in the ground and we cannot remove without damaging the items.
   • Items placed in winter may become covered with snow and cause a hazard to cemetery personnel and visitors.
   • Grave blankets and grave pillows are not permitted because they interfere with the ability to dig graves, kill the grass, and they become a shelter for rodents.
   • Most do not come back to pick up their items. It takes days for cemetery personnel to pick all these items up.
4. Markers/Monuments, Crypts, Niches and Boulders, Benches are constructed of granite and can be damaged by adhesives and wire used to attach decorations. Damage from such adhesives may include discoloration or may even cause the granite to become brittle. Wire will scratch the surface of the granite and will need to be re-polished. (Repair will be assessed to the Owner or their surviving heirs who have scratch their door on a crypt or niche building).