Wathall’s helps people rest and remember

Funeral directors Wathall’s has once again given its support to a Derbyshire wood where visitors go to remember loved ones.

The firm has sponsored a sturdy oak table and bench in the heart of Heritage Wood, at Ednaston, for visitors to enjoy a quiet moment of contemplation.

The table and bench have been engraved with the quote ‘Those who have no time to mourn have no time to mend’.

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It has been installed in the woodland clearing alongside a six-foot stainless steel dandelion sculpture, which Wathall’s commissioned two years ago thanks to a donation from the Ashbourne Shrovetide committee.

Both, as well as two benches erected at Poppy Wood, near Melbourne, are dedicated to members of the Dandelions Bereavement Support Groups, which Wathall’s run in Derby and Ashbourne to help local people come to terms with their grief.

Fay Bloor, Wathall’s bereavement support coordinator, is a regular visitor to Heritage Wood where trees have been planted in memory of her relatives and where her grandparents dedicated a tree to mark her first birthday.

She said: “Heritage Wood is a wonderful place to not only visit a tree they have planted but to enjoy the peace and quiet and be at one with nature.”