Thanks for writing this. My mother is a master gardener also, and I'm curious how she feels about this option, so now I'll go find out. I doubt she's heard of i

Thanks for writing this. My mother is a master gardener also, and I'm curious how she feels about this option, so now I'll go find out. I doubt she's heard of it, but I can't imagine her views will differ from those of your mother. I think in some ways, a monument helps people compartmentalize the loss in a literal way: there's a place they can go to visit, mourn, remember, etc. I imagine many people struggle with this in some form. I knew someone who drove around for years with a friend's ashes in a jar ("the copilot") before eventually spreading them somewhere scenic. Roses are indeed a fine monument.