Husband’s Bouquet Arrived After His Death, Now His Wife Has Lined An Entire Street With Daffodils As A Memorial

Husband’s Bouquet Arrived After His Death, Now His Wife Has Lined An Entire Street With Daffodils As A Memorial

The bouquet arrived unexpectedly, six months after her husband passed away.

Before he died, Stephen Cudmore had arranged a delivery of daffodils for his wife Marilyn’s next birthday, knowing full well he probably wouldn’t be there.

“Hello beautiful! Happy birthday, Steve”

The surprise gift gave Marilyn an idea. She thought back to her final day with Steve and remembered how peaceful he was. He sat in their sunroom for hours, staring outside through a window—and smiling at the daffodils.

Marilyn wanted to plant some in his memory. She bought a few hundred bulbs from local sources and started planting them along her street in East Sooke, British Columbia, a town about 26 miles west of Victoria.

Before long, Marilyn’s memorial drew the attention of some friends from her book club.

They didn’t want her to work alone. Over time, the daffodil planting grew into an annual event, with the bulbs going into the ground farther and farther away from Steve and Marilyn’s home.

The group jokingly calls themselves the Spade Maids, a playful reference to their gardening skills. They recently gathered together on Steve’s birthday, October 26th, to plant this year’s daffodil crop.

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Next year, they are hoping to expand their planting even farther, eventually lining the entire stretch of the tree-lined neighborhood road with daffodils.

“I’d love for people to be able to drive down East Sooke Road in March and April and just see the blooms,” Marilyn told Saanich News. “It’s turned from a memorial into something that brings joy to everyone.”

Marilyn still receives her prearranged birthday bouquet from Steve every year, an annual blessing that pops up like spring bulbs from the beyond.

His wife’s memorial keeps growing every time the Spade Maids lovingly bury another couple hundred bulbs beneath the Canadian soil.

And the joy Steve found looking out the window keeps growing every time a motorist drives down the road, delighted by the rows of daffodils that spread further every year.

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