Hand-Carved Floral Memorial Bench | Solid Oak, Made to Order

A memorial bench should look like the person it remembers. This one began as a drawing of a summer border — daisies, roses, a lily, a peony — and we carved every bloom by hand into a solid oak back rest, then painted them so the colour lifts off the grain from right across a field or garden.

We build these benches in our Mid Wales workshop from solid oak, with the shaped legs and arms left with their natural waney character so no two are ever the same. The name, dates or a few words of your own are hand-carved into the front brace, where they sit clearly without crowding the design. Jointed and pegged in the traditional way and finished for life outdoors, it will sit happily under trees on a school field, in a churchyard, or at the bottom of a garden.

Every bench we make this way is drawn up with you first. Send us a photograph, a child's drawing, a favourite flower or a sketch on the back of an envelope, and we will turn it into a design to approve before a single cut is made. Around 10 weeks from order, with free delivery in mainland UK.

Get in touch to talk through a bench of your own.

Dimensions

This bench is available in three standard sizes. The key measurement is the overall width:

• Two-seater: 140 cm wide
• Three-seater: 170 cm wide
• Four-seater: 200 cm wide

All sizes are 55 cm deep, with a 45 cm seat height and 120 cm overall height. See drawings of each size in our bench sizes guide. Every bench is made to order, so if you need a different size to fit your space, just ask.

Finish

This piece is supplied unvarnished as standard. Left natural, solid oak slowly weathers to a soft, silvery-grey — completely normal for outdoor timber, a graceful way for a piece to age, and with no maintenance needed. If you’d prefer to bring out the grain and warm, honeyed tones, choose the varnished option (+£50) and we’ll hand-apply three coats of Epifanes, a premium marine yacht varnish.