When families visit the final resting places of their loved ones, they are there to pay respect to hallowed grounds that hold immense family significance. Gravesites, gravestones, and mausoleums provide physical locations for families to pay respects to their loved ones.
When families visit, they wish to be greeted with a pleasant cemetery, well-manicured gravesites, and legible gravestones adorned with beautiful floral decorations. Far too many cemeteries fall into neglect and disrepair. Instead of having a pleasant experience giving respects, they must deal with the inconvenience of overgrown gravesites, unreadable gravestones, and damaged decorations. Instead of their visit being an enlightening and uplifting experience, it is depressing to visit an unmaintained gravesite.
Even in managed-care cemeteries, gravesites are often not maintained to the family’s standards.
We have developed a new, niche market of Grave Care Services to provide valuable resources for individuals and families seeking to maintain and preserve the beauty and integrity of their family’s gravesites.
Understanding Grave Care Services
Grave care includes professional services dedicated to the upkeep and maintenance of entire cemeteries, mausoleums, columbaria, and individual burial sites. In addition to services already provided by managed-care cemeteries, grave care business owners provide services designed to comfort grieving families. Grave care business owners ensure the final resting places of their loved ones are maintained with care, respect, and attention to detail.
3 Primary Services
If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, you will want to think carefully about which services you are going to offer. Although there are about 10 core services that will make your business profitable, there are 3 primary services to consider.
- Grave Plot Maintenance: Grave care services provide regular seasonal maintenance to keep burial sites in manicured condition throughout the year. This may include tasks such as trimming grass, removing weeds, planting flowers, and promoting the overall neatness of the gravesite. Grave care professionals create a pleasant atmosphere for remembrance.
- Gravestone Cleaning and Restoration: Over time, graves can become covered by moss, dirt, and grime. Grave plots become covered in leaves that retain moisture and cause discoloration and slimy mildew on gravestones. Grave care professionals provide cleaning and restoration of tombstones and grave markers. Appropriate cleaning procedures and materials remove stains, dirt, and biological growth, restoring the gravestone’s original beauty and legibility. Most importantly, these techniques are performed to a standard that ensures no damage is done to the grave markers.
- Flower Arrangements: Gravesite adornment plays a significant role in helping us honor those who have passed away. Flower arrangement services install seasonally appropriate flowers on gravesites. Proper placement is important to give a professional appearance for an aesthetically appealing tribute. Major holidays, religious observances, and personally significant day are perfect occasions for floral placement.
Of course, there are many other services provided by grave care professionals. We outline many of these services within the pages of the Grave Care Business package. Not only do we discuss these services, but we also show how to provide the services and give guidance in how much money you should charge for the services you provide.
Why Do Families Hire Grave Care Businesses?
- Professionalism: Grave care business owners possess a professionalism in their activities. Local ordinances are followed and the policies of each cemetery are followed. Families look to grave care professionals for their expertise.
- Time and Money Savings: Grave care professionals are in cemeteries everyday with the tools necessary to perform the work. Instead of families gathering all the supplies and driving over to the cemetery for a work day, they can simply hire a Grave Care Business to provide the desired services, whether it is plot maintenance, gravestone cleaning, floral decorations, or any of the other services offered.
- Inability to do the Work Themselves: Often, elderly spouses would love to visit the cemetery weekly to do small maintenance jobs. However as people age, they are physically unable to do the detail work. They are much happier paying someone else to do it. Adult children simply do not have time because their lives are so busy, or they have moved away from home.
Start A Professional Grave Care Business
As a provider of grave care services, you will provide vital services in helping families maintain the dignity of their departed loved ones within their cemeteries. Grieving families will entrust the care of their loved-ones’ gravesites to you, and they will be confident the proper care is in capable hands.
Have you ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business? We have developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business course designed to help you start and operate your own Grave Care Business.
We are passionate about the proper upkeep of our nation’s cemeteries. We are also passionate about entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. If you love cemeteries and want help starting your business, please read through our main website to learn about the Grave Care Business Package. We keep the price affordable so you can spend your money on other aspects of your business.
You can order the grave care business material directly through the website. We will make sure to ship it to you promptly. Of course, if you have any questions, please let us know through our Contact Form.
