A bouquet of vegetables.

It was sad, of course. You can take that as read.

But I think Dad would, in his humble way, have been surprised to see the church was full (literally, save for perhaps two seats). Really, there couldn't be a better or more appropriate testament to him.

Ever since I was small, when he got his first allotment, Dad was always a keen vegetable grower. And Mum thought that rather than a bouquet of flowers on his coffin it would be appropriate to have vegetables. 

So, this is what the Minx put together for him. He'd have been delighted by that, too.