Dead Good Legacies

03/11/2026

We've co-designed several collective flower rituals for funerals and memorial ceremonies. Each one different.

At one, family and friends, including children, were invited to place flowers into a large bowl of water, gradually creating a floating floral tribute.

At another, people contributed flowers, shells and other natural treasures to a shared arrangement.

We love these mourning rituals because they give people something active to do with their emotions and grief.

Not everyone wants to speak at a funeral and a small, physical gesture offers another way to take part.

Watching an arrangement emerge through the contributions of many people is a powerful and beautiful thing. Each person making their mark.

At DEAD GOOD, we believe ceremonies can be co-created and that the people gathered can be active participants in making meaning together.

Flowers can be so much more than decoration.

Sometimes the making something together is the ritual.

Have you ever taken part in a collective flower ritual?

Love you bye

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Photo credit: Sarah | North East Brand Photographer and Business Coach

Flowers grown and designed by Deborah Simpson Boston, Florist, Flower Farmer, Writer & Teacher in County Durham.

Also, check out Farewell Flowers a directory of sustainable florists in the UK.

02/11/2026

Griefwork can begin with a pair of scissors and some glue, a handful of found objects, an old photograph, a bit of paper and a completely unexpected question.

At DEAD GOOD, we believe the art of making can open up possibilities that talking alone sometimes can't.

Creativity can offer other ways to explore our relationships with people, places and remembrance.

On Thursday 12th November, we're hosting an online session exploring creative approaches to grief and legacy.

It's an opportunity to experience some of the creative, participatory methods that underpin our work, whether you're exploring your own relationship with grief, loss and legacy or looking for new approaches to bring into your deathwork practice.

You don't need to be an artist. You don't need to have experienced a recent bereavement. And you certainly don't have to share anything personal if you don't want to.

We've got just FOUR places remaining.

We'd love you to join us.

Find the booking link in our bio.

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Photo credit: Sarah | North East Brand Photographer and Business Coach

01/11/2026

At DEAD GOOD, one of the principles behind our practice is 'Carry Something Together.' We believe that shared physical acts can create opportunities for connection, care and collective meaning-making.

We want more people to know that this kind of participation can be possible.

Carrying someone isn't easy. There is weight to bear, uneven ground to negotiate, and other people's movements to accommodate. You have to pay attention to one another. You have to be present and grounded.

Maybe that's part of what makes it a meaningful act?

Have you ever helped carry someone's body at a funeral? What has stayed with you about that experience?

Or is it something you can imagine wanting to do?

(Of course, not everyone will want to or be able to carry someone who has died. Don't worry, there are many other ways to take part.)

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31/10/2026

Funeral preparation can itself be a form of ritual.

Imagine gathering friends and family to forage and then put together the flowers for someone's farewell.

Maybe someone brings rosemary from their garden, someone else gathers fallen leaves, and another person brings dried flowers they've grown.

We love the idea that the preparations for a funeral can themselves become meaningful acts of care and remembrance. Ritual doesn't only begin when the ceremony starts.

There are ecological possibilities here too. Working with locally grown and responsibly gathered seasonal materials, avoiding floral foam and choosing natural, biodegradable arrangements.

But for us, the most exciting possibility is meaningful participation.

Of course, foraging needs to be done responsibly, taking only small amounts of abundant material, avoiding protected plants and leaving lots of berries and seedheads for wildlife. Garden-grown materials can be just as meaningful!

Big thanks to Debs from Deborah Simpson Boston, Florist, Flower Farmer, Writer & Teacher for working with us to design some memorable collective flower weaving rituals.

Love you bye

Photo credit: Sarah | North East Brand Photographer and Business Coach

30/10/2026

At DEAD GOOD, we're interested in the small, meaningful actions people can carry out when someone dies; ways to participate in caring for our dead.

This is what we mean by 'designing for participation'. Making room for people to do something intentional and personal, however small.

Have you ever written words to someone after they've died?

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29/10/2026

Conversations from Dad's deathbed.

Turns out this could become a weird little series in its own right.

Our deathbed conversations with Dad took place across a week. There were a couple of profound ones but also plenty of mundane, peculiar, funny, awkward and unexpectedly beautiful ones too.

We share our personal experience to help challenge the cultural expectation that dying must be treated with relentless solemnity.

The deathbed can be imagined as a place where humour, curiosity and personality still exist.

Dad showed us that you don't have to stop being yourself because you're dying.

If this resonates, we'd love to hear about the funny, strange, tender or unexpected conversations you've had with someone towards the end of their life.

Love you bye

28/10/2026

DOWNLOAD TODAY. GET MORTAL TONIGHT.

Want to get people talking about death, funerals and what matters to them?

We've made it easy to get started.

Our MY FAREWELL zine kit is available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. Which means no faffing about.

Just download, print and get mortal.

Designed for curious individuals AND practitioners who want to open up conversations about death and funeral choices in creative, accessible and engaging ways.

Inside you'll find illustrated prompts, questions and activities to help people explore what they'd like to happen when they die.

Designing a funeral doesn't have to mean sitting in a sombre room making difficult decisions.

It can happen over tea and cake with friends, family or a group of people who've never met before.

FOR INDIVIDUALS: Download a copy, print it at home and start imagining your own farewell. Do it alone or invite your favourite people to join you.

FOR PRACTITIONERS: Whether you're a death doula, celebrant, funeral professional, death educator or community facilitator, MY FAREWELL offers a ready-made creative resource for workshops, group conversations and one-to-one work.

Practitioner licensing is available, so you can use our resources in your own practice.

And because it's digital, you can get started straight away. Just print what you need, when you need it.

These conversations are worth having long before they're needed.

MY FAREWELL digital downloads and practitioner licensing are available in our online shop.

Link in bio.

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Photo credit: Sarah | North East Brand Photographer and Business Coach

27/10/2026

Let Lindsey sing to you about the importance of making a will. Writing these weird little ditties definitely counts as death education. Definitely.

And enjoy the music video featuring our dad as a child battling the waves of Hayling Island with what looks like a full-size garden rake. The 1950s must have been a different world.

We found these ancient home movies after he died.

ANYWAY...

Have you made a will?

Who will look after your children / plants / pets if (when) you die?

And if you already have one, when was the last time you updated it?

Do your people know where to find it?

We went to an outstanding Evie King talk at The Sondering and Evie literally shouted MAKE A WILL at the audience.

Da da da da MAKE A WILL.

LOVEYOUBYE

26/10/2026