Funeral flowers - need advise

My fiance's sister just passed, and I need to order flowers for the funeral.  I am not completely sure how English funerals are different (if they are) to american ones, but I need to order flowers even tho I am still in the states.

Do you have any sites that I can do this from.  I wanted to get a big vased floral arrangements, but all that I have found tend to be sprays or wreaths.  Also I was told funerals in England take place in churches instead of like over here funeral homes.

Should I have the flowers delivered to the church? 

I would like the funeral to have the flowers.

Please advise.

I'm so sorry about your fiancé's sister.

I haven't seen vases of flowers at funerals in the UK - just wreaths. And at the funerals I've been to, there haven't really been flowers. Most people seem to prefer to donate money to a charity instead these days. That's not necessarily what your fiancé's family is doing, however. Can you have a word with him and find out if they're asking for donations rather than flowers?

As for churches vs. funeral homes, all the services I've been to in the UK have been at a crematorium, never in a church. But again, my family might be different from your fiancé's. I think you do need to have a chat and ask him some of these questions.

Perhaps sending some condolence flowers to his parents might be nice, if there aren't going to be flowers at the service. You might try Interflora; they have some beautiful sympathy vases.

Again, I'm really sorry.

The service will likely be in either a crematorium or church, either way the Funeral Directors should know what is happening and any preferences etc.   Wreaths and sprays are most usual at the actual event but flowers to the bereaved parents is a lovely thought.  Sorry about your loss.

Thank you.  I would really like to go over and attend the funeral, but we are saving up all our money to live together.  My fiance says to stay in the states and save, but I really feel like he would like me to be there to support him.

I was thinking of sending muffins to his parents.

Any advise?

I agree that sending some condolence flowers (which could be a vase) and a card directly to the parents (not the church) would be an appropriate gesture.

As for muffins, if you're sending them from the US then you have to worry about them going off before they get there. Also, and this is kind of strange, but if they're American-style muffins there's a good chance they won't even like them. But, that's a whole other thread. Honestly, the flowers are your best bet in this situation.