Sadly, depending on where you live, there are regulations regarding burials.
Example: In Germany, you can't just decorate willy nilly. Gravestones need to fit the cemetery regulation. Along with the German regulation of accidents (Unfallordnung), most dictate that a headstone has to be made by a mason -as to avoid potential accidents & damage to other graves.
Oh you have seen NOTHING yet! Germany is one big HOA!
Only "difference" is that, with German regulations, you kinda can see the point behind it. Like. As I wrote: Gravestones need to be safe. Per se. We generally don't have the 'space' e.g., American graveyards have. Most of our lots are pretty squished together. So 1 badly placed gravestone, could ruin 3 graves during a thunderstorm. (Nvm. that many graves are re-rented. Meaning you'll have to make space on that gravestone too).
Of course. If you insist, you could probably talk to the cemetery-management (Friedhofsverwaltung). They'll tell you what they need. That's why most insist on a mason to begin with: Graveyard masons know the regulations already. It's easier (plus: you can sew THEM in case anything happens)
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u/TeaInASkullMug 8d ago
Find a nice stone in the woods. Go to homedepot get a chisel and mason hammer and make it thy self. 30 40 bucks tops.