Funeral Ceremony
At Natural Grace, we offer a full service that assists you to create a truly meaningful, sustainable, and beautiful ceremony for family and friends to honour the person you have loved. With careful attention to every detail, we will support you to create an authentic experience that you can be deeply proud of. You will enjoy the unlimited attention of a Holistic Funeral Director and our whole care team throughout the planning time and your occasion will be the sole focus of your team on the funeral day. We will be by your side the whole way.
Our service fees include:
- All day everyday care, support, and love from an experienced and compassionate Holistic Funeral Director specifically assigned to you and your family.
- Support from our care team for administration and arranging.
- Natural mortuary care – we only use natural products when caring for the deceased, which includes warm water, essential oils, and organic skin and hair care products.
- Collection of personal keepsakes such as handprints and a lock of hair (if desired).
- Arrangement of a unique and authentic funeral ceremony.
- Recommendations and arrangement of third-party suppliers such as Celebrant, florist, musicians etc.
- Placement of 2 newspaper notices in one newspaper (extra notices $65 per notice) (printing charged at cost).
- Death and funeral notices on our website.
- Hearse transfer from our Sanctuary to the funeral ceremony.
- Attendance at the ceremony by a team of 3 funeral carers including your Holistic Funeral Director.
- Wake planning if required.
- Registration of the death with the appropriate authorities (Births, Deaths & Marriages, Services Australia including Centrelink, DVA and Medicare).
- After funeral care including assistance with the care of ashes and/or assisting with sourcing suppliers for a headstone.
from $5,950
Option – Escort
You may choose to escort your family member or friend to the cemetery for burial * or cremation following the Funeral Ceremony.
Escort immediately following the funeral ceremony –
$495
Escort following refreshments (2 hours allowed for refreshments) –
$895
Escort on a subsequent day to the funeral ceremony –
$1,295
* Pallbearers are to be provided by your family or community.
Natural Grace can provide pallbearers if needed at an additional fee per pallbearer –
$330
Does not include:
- Transfer fees from place of death into our care – See Transfer Fees
- Home-Based Death Care
- Vigils
- Coffin Choice – See Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds & Urns
- Cemetery Fees and Cremation Witness Fees (if applicable) – See Cemeteries
- Death Certificates – See Death Certificates
- Cremation Permit (if applicable) – see Cremation
- Cost of third-party choices: celebrant, flowers, notices, photo presentation, venue hire, catering – See Disbursements
Ceremony Choices To Consider
Funeral Ceremony
At Natural Grace, we offer a highly specialised service that assists you to create a truly meaningful, sustainable, and beautiful ceremony.
Memorial Ceremony
Memorial Ceremonies include the same elements of Funeral Ceremonies with the only difference being that the person’s coffin is not present.
Gatherings
A Gathering is an informal occasion where a group of family and friends come together to farewell the person they love.
Conditions apply to all offerings.
Prices effective as of July 2024 and may be subject to change.