Lot and Gravesite Policy

Placement of all items, landscaping and monuments/headstones must be approved by the General Manager.

The following are not allowed. Anything deemed objectionable by cemetery management or in interference with daily maintenance and operation of the cemetery will be removed without notice. Oakwood is not responsible for any items placed on any gravesite or Oakwood property and any individual agrees that placing any item at Oakwood is done at such individual’s own risk and loss.

Items

Advertisements or signs of any kind
Artificial Flowers – exceptions are for 1 week before and 1 week after Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and Christmas. Artificial flowers must be in containers incorporated in gravestones. They may not be stuck directly in the ground.
Balloons
Bird Baths
Candles or any item with an open flame
Ceramic Vases or Ornaments
Chairs
Cooking Devices (grills, fryers, smokers, barbecue pits, etc.)
Flagpoles or Flags – “Cemetery” flags are allowed, only one per grave
Glass of any kind
Hangers
Hanging Baskets
Items Hanging in Trees
Lawn Ornaments
Metal Brackets, Poles, Rods of any kind, including iron, metal or plastic
Pennants
Perpetual or Solar Lights
Photographs, unless incorporated into the headstone
Picture Frames
Pinwheels
Plastic Decorations of any kind
Pottery Items
Shells
Shepherd Hooks
Tin Decorations
Toys
Tree Lights or Ornaments
Urns, that are not incorporated into headstones
Wind Chimes

Landscaping

Bricks
Cedar Planting or Trees
Coping, Curbing, Borders, Border Stones or Edging of any kind.
Decorative Stones or Garden Stones
Flowers – Except live ones in containers incorporated in gravestones – No planting on or around property
Fencing – around a gravesite or lot
Grass – without approval of the General Manager
Gravel or Rock of any kind
Groundcovers
Hedges and Shrubs
Mulch
Rose Bushes
Trellises

Anything deemed objectionable by cemetery management or in interference with daily maintenance and operation of the cemetery will be removed without notice.

Questions or requests for clarification should be referred to the General Manager in the Cemetery Office, 2124 South 5^th Street, Waco, Texas 76706. (254) 754-1631.