OAKWOOD CEMETERY POLICY REGARDING
PLACEMENT OF OBJECTS ON LOTS/GRAVESITES
September 2019
Placement of any object or planting must be approved by the General Manager.
The following objects are not allowed and any items deemed objectionable by the cemetery management or in interference with daily maintenance and operation of the cemetery may be removed by the cemetery staff without notice.
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Angels -Except if attached to a monument/headstone at the gravesite
Artificial flowers – Exceptions are for 1 week before and after Christmas, Easter, Memorial Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day. Artificial flowers must be in containers incorporated in gravestones. They may not be stuck directly into the ground and will be removed by cemetery staff.
Balloons
Benches – Except with approval of general manager if property consists of four or more consecutive spaces, if it is built of granite, marble or concrete and if it will not interfere with daily operations and maintenance of cemetery. Before a bench may be set, a fee must be paid and a permit must be issued by the general manager.
Bird baths
Bricks
Borders
Border stones
Candles or any item with an open flame
Cedar plantings or cedar trees of any kind
Ceramic vases
Ceramic ornaments
Chairs
Concrete markers
Cooking devices (grills, fryers, smokers, barbecue pits) are not allowed
Coping
Curbing
Decorative stones
Edging – of any kind, including metal or plastic.
Fencing – around a grave site or lot
Flags – other than “cemetery” flags, only one per grave
Flag poles
Flowers – Except live ones in containers incorporated in gravestones – No planting on or around property
Garden stones
Glass vases or any glass items
Grass – With approval of general manager, it must be compatible with adjacent grasses
Gravel
Groundcovers
Hangers
Hanging baskets
Hedges
Items hanging in trees
Lawn ornaments
Metal brackets
Mulch
Pennants
Perpetual lights
Photographs
Picture frames
Pinwheels
Plastic Decorations
Pottery Items
Poles/Rods of any kind, including iron, metal or plastic, in the ground
Rocks
Rose bushes
Settees
Shells
Shepherd hooks
Shrubs
Signs
Solar lights
Statues – Except those attached to a monument/headstone
Tin Decorations
Tinsel
Toys
Tree lights
Tree ornaments
Trellises
Urns
Wind chimes
Wooden markers
Items/objects found to be objectionable by cemetery management or found to interfere with daily maintenance and operation of the cemetery may be removed by cemetery staff without notice.
Questions or requests for clarifications should be referred to the General Manager in the Cemetery Office, 2124 South 5th Street, Waco, TX 76706.
