Any advice on green funerals- specifically Willow Coffins/caskets?

[bossybritches]

Sorry if this has been done before, just doing some research for MIL (at her request I hasten to add!!) She likes the idea of a willow coffin in the field outside our house,she's in the granny annexe & it's our field. No chance of being disturbed - it's green land in a protected area that can't be developed. I know I can source willow coffins but are there any official channels one should clear this with do you know?

It would be awful if when the time comes & we're all upset that we can't do what MIL wants because of some petty paperwork that needs doing!

Any advice welcomed!

Interesting.
Apparently (and I don't have a proper source for this, so check it!) you can be buried on any land, so long as the place of burial is marked on the title deeds to the land. So perhaps the Land Registry is the first place to go to ask questions?

I thinkt hat sounds nice. You might want to mention to her these 'green'/'eco' burial plots.. they are like gardens. you can have a wicker casket and plant a tree, so eventually they garden becomes like a woodland. somebody I know buried a child in one of these, that's my only experienc eI'm afariad. I will see if I can goole and find some more info.

have a look here

if you google "eco burial" & "" you will find local sites.

It might be an alternative if the field can not be an option.

What part of the country are you in?

When my Mum died we buried her in an "Ecopod" in a woodland burial site with a tree as a marker (no man made markers allowed). We used a Eco funeral company that were reall helpful. They were called Arka eco funerals and were based in Brighton.

If you're in the West Country there is one in Bristol called Urbi et Orbi. They specialise in such things.

Their office is opposite the hospital!! A nice touch!!

Ohh I saw these willow caskets the other day I thought they were a really good idea - I was actually looking for a log basket

I only have experience of burying horses on my own land, so not at all similar .

We had to bear in mind many things including water courses, water tables etc because of possible contamination of drinking water.

At least you won't have to dig such big holes as we did!

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I know a little about John Fox and Sue gill and the Dead Good Guides...if you are in the NW they would do you a truly wonderful funeral!

Marmaduke you've not seen MIL, she's a big lass!!!

Thanks all, MH thanks for that link I am just being lazy as at work so no time to google. Will follow it up later.

We're in Lincolnshire, artichokes.

My relative was buried on their own land, and her husband will join her there - they had to consider water tables etc, but I don't think had to get official permission. Can be hard to sell the property after though, so you might want to consider a green burial - this is what my mum has requested.

I pass one on the outskirts of Norwich - handily on the road into the hospital.

CMOT-thanks for that- we're on family land that will (hopefully) stay in the family for generations. Thus MIL will be compost before anything is done with the land.

You're in the same situation as my rellies then - they grow bedding plants and christmas trees on the site that some of the extended family live on (house built for 3 families to share).

It was a bit of a strange funeral - no suits, just meet in the sitting room round the coffin, and then walk down the garden path to the grave.

I may see them at the weekend, so could ask.

If you could cmot -thanks!