Greenhaven offers an ecofriendly and economical way of interring your loved one in a truly traditional and family led way. A way which pre-dates the formal rituals offered by high street funeral directors who follow a pattern which only arrived in Britain in Victorian times.
"We are running out of space in the towns and cities for cemeteries. The answer is to move burial grounds to the countryside.
Helen
Priddy, whose husband, Neil, died of cancer, said
"Neil's
decision to be buried here at Greenhaven means that he is part of
something
new and in time a new woodland will evolve which will encourage
wildlife.
Neil didn't want us to use a funeral director because they are
expensive
and they take away from the family the planning and involvement"
"It's important to face up to an emotional crisis by taking control and not hand control to other people"
"At Greenhaven there were no restrictions, there was no structure to follow and it made it a very much more positive experience for everyone"
Nick
Hargreaves - Director: Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground,
"We
offer cardboard coffins and these save trees which would otherwise be
felled
in tropical rain forests. What is the point of burning precious timber
in crematoria?"
