PRESS INFORMATION FROM TUTILL REMEMBRANCE ITEMS

Stranger Than Fiction

One of the backstories in BBC's long running "New Tricks" detective series, is the habit of actor James Bolam's character, retired detective chief superintendent Jack Halford, of discussing current cases with his deceased wife, whose cremated remains he keeps at home in a garden of remembrance. In one episode, this practice is even brought up in court, in an attempt to portray him as an unreliable witness.

Yet for many a funeral director, this would be seen as perfectly normal behaviour for someone who has just lost a deeply-beloved life-partner. Indeed, the idea of creating a memorial garden at home, is something that has led to a steady expansion of the range of weatherproof cremation urns available from Tutill Remembrance Items.

As the company's Sue Tutill explains, "We have always listed a small number of fibreglass and more recently ceramic designs that are suitable for keeping outdoors, but our recently-introduced Chameleon urns bring colour in more senses than one to this form of memorialisation. Each urn is coated with a layer of special refractive metallic paint, that will change hue and colour tone according to the way in which sunlight or shadow strikes the urn".

"Initially available in either teardrop or sphere designs, in green, silver and red, the abstract shapes of these urns complement recent gardening trends that have tended to shift the focus away from plants as such, towards hard surfacing and structural features, possibly as a result of our more urbanised way of living", she adds.

Whether or not you agree with Sue Tutill here, there is no doubt that for many individuals suffering bereavement, the very act of working in their garden - however large or small - can be a form of therapy to combat the numbness that often accompanies a loss of a loved one. What could be better then, than creating a private place for them, within what one gardening pundit has dubbed the 'slow sanctuary' that is the modern garden?

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Image caption: "Sue Tutill of Tutill Remembrance Items with a Chameleon urn"

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Editors contact:	Francis Samish , Aardvark Associates , tel. 01308 897 911

Company contact:	Tutill Remembrance Items, tel. 01322 621100

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both Aardvark Associates and Tutill Remembrance Items decline all liability in the case of omissions or errors.