Funeral Hearts Liverpool
Funeral heart tributes represent one of the most emotionally powerful and deeply personal ways to express love that transcends death, their distinctive shape speaking directly to the profound bonds we share with those we've lost. At Fishlocks, we create beautiful funeral hearts for families throughout Liverpool and Wirral, crafting these touching arrangements with exceptional skill, compassion, and understanding of their profound symbolism during life's most difficult moments.
The Symbolism of Funeral Hearts
The heart has served as a universal symbol of love, devotion, and emotional connection for centuries, with its association dating back to medieval Europe, where it became linked with faithfulness and enduring relationships. When crafted in flowers for funeral services, heart-shaped tributes carry profound meaning—they represent the deep emotional bond that survives loss, offering a message that love continues beyond death. The choice of a funeral heart makes a deeply personal statement, symbolising comfort in one's final resting place and indicating the unbreakable bond between the deceased and their loved ones.
By the 19th century, as the Victorian era popularised the language of flowers, floral hearts became central elements in funeral traditions. Families embraced them as powerful ways to represent emotional bonds shared with the deceased, conveying not only grief but also lasting affection and remembrance. Today, funeral hearts stand alongside crosses and wreaths as one of the most meaningful expressions of sympathy, chosen to honour spouses, partners, parents, children, and anyone who held a special place in the heart.
Types of Funeral Hearts
Closed Heart Tributes
Closed or solid funeral hearts feature flowers densely arranged across the entire heart shape, creating full, three-dimensional tributes that showcase exceptional florist craftsmanship. These complete hearts represent wholeness and the enduring strength of bonds formed over a lifetime, symbolising a love that remains intact despite physical separation. Solid hearts require considerable skill to construct, with florists building internal frameworks before carefully attaching flowers to achieve uniform coverage and a beautiful appearance from all viewing angles.
Open Heart Arrangements
Open-heart designs feature flowers arranged around the heart's perimeter, leaving a central space that carries its own profound symbolism. The opening represents openness, eternal love, and continuity—a visual reminder that whilst life ends, love endures forever. Open hearts also symbolise the emptiness felt by those left behind, acknowledging grief whilst offering hope that emotional connections transcend physical presence. These elegant designs work beautifully in contemporary services where families prefer less traditional aesthetic approaches.
Heart-Shaped Wreaths
Heart wreaths combine the eternal symbolism of circular funeral wreaths with the emotional power of heart shapes, creating meaningful tributes that express both everlasting love and the continuous cycle of life. These arrangements feature flowers arranged in heart silhouettes with wreath-like construction, offering versatility in display whilst maintaining the distinctive emotional impact of heart tributes.
Flower Selection and Meaning
Roses for Love and Devotion
Roses reign supreme in funeral heart arrangements, their association with love making them the perfect choice for these emotional tributes. White roses symbolise purity of love, reverence, and the virtuous life lived by the deceased. Red roses express deep, enduring devotion and passionate love that death cannot diminish—particularly appropriate for spouses and life partners. Pink roses convey grace, gratitude, and gentle remembrance, whilst yellow roses celebrate friendship and the joy shared during life.
Lilies for Restored Innocence
White lilies bring profound funeral symbolism to heart arrangements, representing the restoration of the departed soul to purity and innocence. Their elegant trumpet shapes and heavenly fragrance add spiritual dimension to heart tributes, whilst their association with peaceful transition offers comfort to grieving families. Stargazer lilies express sympathy and compassion, oriental lilies represent majesty and grace, and peace lilies suggest rebirth following death.
Carnations for Remembrance
Carnations provide excellent structure, colour, and longevity in funeral heart designs. Pink carnations specifically symbolise remembrance of the deceased, making them particularly meaningful in memorial tributes. White carnations represent pure love and innocence, red carnations express admiration and affection, and their hardy nature ensures hearts remain beautiful throughout extended services.
Chrysanthemums and Hydrangeas
White chrysanthemums symbolise faith, loyalty, and comfort, their association with mourning making them culturally appropriate for funeral hearts. Hydrangeas add lush fullness whilst representing heartfelt emotion, soulful connections, and enduring bonds—sentiments perfectly aligned with heart-shaped tributes. Their rounded blooms create visual expressions of peace and unity that comfort grieving families.
Who Can Send Funeral Hearts?
Funeral hearts are typically chosen by those with the closest emotional connections to the deceased. Spouses and life partners most often choose heart tributes to express the profound love and devotion they have shared over the years. Parents sending hearts for children create touching expressions of parental love that transcends the natural order, whilst children honouring parents acknowledge the foundational love that shaped their lives.
Close friends, siblings, and other immediate family members also choose hearts to represent their deep emotional bonds. The heart's universal symbolism makes intentions clear—this tribute comes from someone whose life was fundamentally shaped by knowing and loving the deceased. Hearts are especially meaningful when the deceased was known for their loving nature, devotion to family, or capacity to form deep emotional connections.
Sizes and Placement
Funeral hearts range from modest 12-inch designs suitable for intimate services to impressive 24-inch or larger tributes that serve as focal points during memorial celebrations. Standard hearts measuring 16-20 inches provide substantial visual impact whilst remaining appropriately scaled for most venues. At Fishlocks, we guide families toward appropriate sizes based on their relationship with the deceased, the service venue, and whether multiple large tributes are anticipated.
Hearts are traditionally displayed on easels, prominently positioned near the coffin, altar, or graveside, ensuring they hold a central place in services. Their distinctive shape creates immediate emotional impact, drawing the eye and heart simultaneously. Some families choose to position hearts alongside photographs of the deceased, creating poignant visual connections between image and tribute.
Personalising Funeral Hearts
At Fishlocks, we specialise in creating bespoke funeral hearts that reflect individual relationships and preferences. We incorporate the deceased's favourite colours regardless of traditional funeral conventions, include specific flowers that held personal significance during their life, add personalised ribbon sashes with meaningful messages, names, or phrases, and create colour schemes reflecting shared memories or meaningful occasions.
For couples who shared particular passions, we might incorporate team colours for sports enthusiasts, seasonal blooms for gardening lovers, or elegant orchids for those who appreciate sophistication. These personalised touches transform hearts from standard sympathy gestures into authentic celebrations of unique relationships.
Delivery Throughout Liverpool and Wirral
Fishlocks provides comprehensive funeral heart delivery throughout Liverpool and Wirral using our own transport and dedicated drivers, ensuring these precious tributes arrive in perfect condition. We deliver to all Liverpool postcode areas including L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10, L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, L19, L20, L21, L22, L23, L24, L25, L26, L27, L28, L29, L30, L31, L32, and L33. This comprehensive Liverpool coverage encompasses the city centre, North Liverpool areas including Walton, Kirkdale, Bootle, Anfield, Fazakerley, and West Derby, South Liverpool including Aigburth, Mossley Hill, Wavertree, Woolton, Allerton, and Garston, and East Liverpool areas such as Huyton, Roby, and Prescot.
Our Wirral service covers postcode areas CH41, CH42, CH43, CH44, CH45, CH46, CH47, CH48, CH49, CH60, CH61, and CH63, encompassing Birkenhead, Wallasey, New Brighton, Hoylake, West Kirby, Heswall, Bebington, Port Sunlight, and Bromborough. We deliver to both Anfield Crematorium on Priory Road—Liverpool's historic Grade II* listed facility established in 1896—and Springwood Crematorium in south Liverpool. Our service extends to all Liverpool City Council-operated cemeteries, including Allerton Cemetery, Anfield Cemetery, Everton Cemetery, Kirkdale Cemetery, Toxteth Cemetery, and West Derby Cemetery.
We serve Liverpool's magnificent cathedral,s including the imposing Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on St James Mount and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King on Mount Pleasant, along with countless parish churches throughout the region, including the Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Holy Trinity Church in Wavertree, and Anglican, Catholic, and independent churches across all Liverpool neighbourhoods. In Wirral, we deliver to Landican Cemetery and Crematorium and churches throughout the peninsula.
We offer same-day delivery for orders placed by 1 pm, next-day delivery, and even Sunday delivery for orders received by 1 pm on Saturday. With over 130 years of experience serving Liverpool families, Fishlocks has built trusted relationships with funeral directors, churches, and crematoriums throughout the region, ensuring seamless coordination during your family's most difficult moments.
Ordering Funeral Hearts
We recommend ordering funeral hearts three to five days before services, allowing adequate time to source premium flowers and to allow for the meticulous construction these structurally complex arrangements require. When ordering, share details about your relationship with the deceased, their favourite colours and flowers, any specific preferences they mentioned during their life, and the service venue and timing.
Our compassionate team understands the emotional weight of choosing funeral flowers and provides gentle guidance throughout the selection process. We work closely with funeral directors across Liverpool and Wirral, coordinating delivery logistics and ensuring hearts are displayed appropriately throughout services.
With Fishlocks flowers, you don't have to limit yourselves to only funeral hearts - we offer a full range of funeral flowers and arrangements, including Bespoke funeral flower Tributes, Funeral Sprays, Funeral Posies, Funeral Wreaths and Funeral Crosses to name a few.
Why Choose Fishlocks for Funeral Hearts
At Fishlocks, we recognise that funeral hearts represent far more than floral arrangements—they're visual expressions of love that words alone cannot convey, powerful symbols of bonds that transcend physical separation. Our experienced florists approach these emotional tributes with exceptional sensitivity, sourcing only the freshest, most beautiful blooms to ensure hearts remain pristine throughout services and beyond.
We combine traditional florist craftsmanship with contemporary design sensibilities to create funeral hearts that genuinely honour the profound connections between the deceased and those who loved them most. Whether you choose traditional closed hearts symbolising complete devotion or open hearts representing eternal love, Fishlocks creates meaningful tributes that provide comfort, acknowledge grief, and celebrate the enduring power of love during life's most difficult moments.