Hummingbird Urns

This collection of hummingbird cremation urns is for those who found wonder in the smallest garden visitors and waited each spring for their return. Cast aluminum and finished in paint or hand-applied enamel with silver bands, these urns feature engraved designs such as a hummingbird among flowers or the Nature's Peace garden scene. We offer two-tone engraving of names and dates as an option for every piece.

Available in full-size, sharing, and keepsake sizes, these urns honor the quiet hospitality of a garden that invites the wild to stay.

For many, the changing seasons were marked by the first arrival of a hummingbird. There was a ritual in the preparation, mixing sugar water at a four to one ratio and placing feeders at every window. This person lived for those moments of anticipation, watching closely as the seasons turned and the birds returned to the same familiar spots year after year.

There is a specific kind of marvel in watching the smallest and fastest inhabitants of the garden. To see a creature so tiny cross open water and then hover with total control is to witness a quiet strength. Planting for these visitors is an act of hospitality toward the wild, creating a space where a creature that owes nothing to anyone chooses to visit anyway. This loved one shared that same spirit of welcoming, offering a sanctuary through the simple kindness of a well-tended garden.

Each piece in this collection is cast aluminum, designed to endure. The finishes range from smooth painted colors to hand-applied enamel accented by silver bands. The engraved artwork shows a single hummingbird, a bird among flowers, or the garden scene known as Nature's Peace.

The collection comes in full-size, sharing, and keepsake sizes, so a family can choose one piece or several.

To make the piece even more personal, we offer the option of two-tone engraving. We can cut a name and dates directly into the surface, making their identity an integral part of the metal itself.

The ruby-throated hummingbird weighs between 2 and 6 grams, with males averaging 3.4 grams, which is less than a nickel. While hovering, its wings beat up to 80 times a second. Each autumn, some of them fly nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico, a journey of about 900 miles, on a body that small, and they return in spring to the same yards they left.

For your family, the design on the urn is the bird at your window and the patience it took to keep it coming.

Source: Wikipedia, Ruby-throated hummingbird

If the person you remember was the one who watched the glass for the first arrivals of spring or found marvel in the smallest movements of the garden, these designs reflect that devotion. To a grandchild or a lifelong friend, the engraved bird will be a symbol of the kindness they showed the world. The shape serves as a tribute to the way they invited the wild to visit.

The decision of how to honor their memory belongs only to you. It is a choice made in the quiet of your own remembrance. The birds still return to the feeder outside the kitchen window.

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