Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2024

Mother's Day can be an important time for our community, as we reflect and remember the mothers and mother figures no longer with us.

If you are planning to visit our locations for the Mother's Day weekend, you may notice some changes to the way we assist you. We've made these changes to make sure we provide the safest and most comfortable experience for all our guests.

Changes may include (but not be limited to) provisions for increased traffic, changes to operating hours and special events and experiences.

We have listed any temporary updates to our usual services below. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Mother's Day opening hours

Café Vita et Flores - Springvale Botanical Cemetery	View opening hours
Café Vita et Flores - Bunurong Memorial Park	View opening hours
Site opening hours	Springvale Botanical Cemetery Bunurong Memorial Park Melbourne General Cemetery St Kilda Cemetery Brighton General Cemetery Cheltenham Memorial Park Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery Dandenong Community Cemetery Sorrento Community Cemetery
Visitor safety during busy periods	View our Visitor Safety page

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Flowers for all occasions

Our florist team is here to support you with beautiful arrangements for occasions such as Mother's Day.

You can buy Mother's Day flowers from our florist stores in person. Alternatively, you can order them online to collect at your preferred cemetery location.

We also understand that you can't always visit the memorial site of your loved one. Our florist team can deliver any arrangement ordered before close of business, Thursday 9 May to the grave or memorial site of a loved one over the Mother's Day weekend.

beautiful floral arrangements for Mother's Day

Mother's Day at SMCT

Discover some of the stories shared by our community, and revisit events from previous years below. If you have any questions about our events, get in touch.

2021 Mother's Day Remembrance Service

At our 2021 online remembrance service, we came together to share tribute messages and photos of our precious mothers.

2018 Mother's Day service at Bunurong Memorial Park

At this ‘high tea’-themed remembrance service, we reflected on the joy of enjoying precious moments together with loved ones over a cup of tea.

Living and grieving well

Beyond Mother’s Day

March 13 2019, 12.00 am

Rebecca Dunn, who lost her mother at a young age, reflects on how the grief affected her in her journey through life, and morphed when she too became a mum years later.

Stories

Words of love

Community member Kate Cherry shares her experience losing her mother at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stories

How ‘Trinkets’ Become Family Heirlooms

June 27 2018, 12.00 am

When a loved one dies, their possessions don’t have to be antiques or expensive heirlooms, or itemised in a Will or Trust to gain the title of ‘treasure’.