Supporting Families During
Their Times of Bereavement
FOR YOUR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE
Many people are choosing, an environmentally friendly green funeral service as one way in which their lives are remembered. Potter’s Field Funerals are committed to offsetting the carbon impact of your funeral by investing in Federal Government regulated Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU’s) sourced from a reputable green carbon offset provider company.
Cemeteries are recognising this growing demand in our society and are setting aside areas for green funerals in Melbourne. Besides the provision of a green burial site, there are other eco-friendly funeral options that you can choose. In place of a traditional coffin, a shroud, or biodegradable casket can be used instead. You may also opt to have no headstone or request a natural marker such as a newly planted tree.
By choosing a green funeral you are making a positive impact on the natural environment now and for the future. At Potter’s Field Funerals can help you find the best solutions towards planning a green funeral in Melbourne.
In the same way as we support all the varied requirements of long-practised cultural traditions, our team is happy to accommodate and facilitate our clients’ green funeral plans within the Statutory Guidelines of the Law in Victoria governing the Funeral Industry.
Talk to our caring team. Arranging a funeral can be a difficult time. Our experienced team will help and take care of your needs and wishes, providing affordable funeral services tailored to your needs.
By choosing a green funeral, you are making a positive impact on the natural environment now and in the future. Potter’s Field Funerals can help you find the best solutions for planning a green funeral in Melbourne.
Arranging a funeral can be difficult. Talk to the caring and experienced team at Potter’s Field Funerals. Providing green funerals and affordable funeral services tailored to your needs.
Talk to our caring team.
Arranging a funeral can be a difficult time.
Our experienced team will help and taking care of your needs and wishes.
OTHER FUNERAL OPTIONS
Service Types
Green Burial Method
Speak to us about the various ways we provide eco-friendly funeral services that have minimal impact to the environment. Green funeral choices are location-specific in Victoria.
Single Service
A single service is where the entire proceedings take place at one location, such as a church or chapel (or other venue) without following onto a second location. This means that the cremation or burial takes place privately following the service. Family and friends may wish to move onto a secondary location for a wake or celebration, but this does not require the attendance of funeral staff.
Dual Service
A dual service takes place at two locations, such as a church or chapel (or other venue) followed by an attended graveside burial or witnessed cremation. In the case of burial, the initial service will be followed by a formal cortege to a graveside location where the final words of committal and laying to rest of the deceased takes place with loved ones present. In the case of a witnessed cremation, a selected number of family and friends may follow the hearse to the crematorium to witness the cremation after the service has taken place.
Graveside
A graveside service consists of a simple ceremony provided directly at the graveside. There is no formal service held prior in a chapel or other location. A service at the graveside is usually smaller in attendance and shorter in duration, as it is usually a requirement for the attendees to be standing for the entire service and may be held in inclement weather. Although less formal than a church or chapel ceremony, it can still contain all the elements of tradition service such as eulogies, music and prayer. A graveside service is usually concluded with a ceremonial sand or flower offering atop of the lowered coffin.
Private Burial
A private burial is held when there is no formal funeral service; only funeral staff will be in attendance. Family may or may not choose to have some type of ceremony at a later date.
Memorial Service
A memorial service is usually held after the cremation or burial has taken place (with or without the cremated remains present). There are a number of reasons for choosing a memorial service;
- It allows family to personalise their farewell in a way that doesn’t necessarily fit with their idea of traditional funeral service.
- It can allow family more time to make the right decisions in regards to the final farewell of their loved one, without the added pressure of laying the deceased to rest.
- It may be the wishes of deceased that their body not be present, or the wishes of the remaining family, for their own reasons.
- The decision may also be a financial one. Without having to employ the services of a funeral director to hold a formal service, families can save money by only engaging the services of a funeral director to assist with a direct cremation or burial and the required documentation.
At Potter’s Field Funerals, we’re here to provide assistance with preparatory arrangements in regards to laying your loved one to rest. Our services include helping you organise your own memorial service, booking your memorial service and providing staff on the day to assist with the running of your event.
Choose Potter’s Field Funerals
- Personalised, ethical and inclusive funeral care that is not just a commercial exchange, but delivers community benefit too.
- Full onsite mortuary service – our embalmers will restore, sanitise and ensure the hygienic preservation of your loved one.
- Our funeral home’s fees and services are affordable so everyone is able to have a dignified send-off for their loved one.
- We service all areas of Melbourne and regional Victoria.
- Choosing a Potter’s Field Funeral assists our charitable partner (Bereavement Assistance Ltd) to care for disadvantaged members of the Victorian community by providing a funeral without the financial pressure of a commercial cost.
To coordinate arrangements for your loved one, you can visit us at our office or alternatively, we also offer the option of doing the arrangements over the phone, email and Zoom. CONTACT US to find out more.