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Natural Burial

Return to the earth in a biodegradable burial

197 providers · $1k–$5k typical cost · 42 states
How It Works

The body is prepared without embalming chemicals (or with non-toxic, biodegradable alternatives) and placed in a simple biodegradable casket, shroud, or woven container. Burial takes place in a natural setting — often a dedicated green cemetery or conservation burial ground — without concrete vaults, metal caskets, or synthetic liners, allowing the body to decompose naturally and nourish the surrounding ecosystem.

Why Choose Natural Burial?

Natural burial eliminates the environmental costs of conventional burial: no formaldehyde-based embalming, no steel or hardwood caskets, no concrete vaults. Green cemeteries often function as conservation lands, preserving meadows, forests, and wildlife habitat in perpetuity. It is the most ancient and arguably most sustainable disposition method.

Things to Consider

Availability depends on local green cemeteries and conservation burial grounds. Costs vary widely — some green cemeteries are more affordable than conventional ones, while conservation burial grounds may charge a premium that includes land stewardship. Families should verify that the cemetery holds third-party certification (e.g., Green Burial Council) to ensure genuine green practices.

All Natural Burial Providers

Alabama 5

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Saraland — Foxfield Preserve Wilmot — Garden of Oaks at Spring Hill Mobile — Sunset Memorial Park Midland City — Tallapoosa County Memorial Gardens 36850 —

Arizona 3

Bisbee Memorial Gardens Bisbee — Marana Mortuary Cemetery 85653 — Natural Organic Reduction of Arizona (NORAZ) Phoenix $5.5k

Arkansas 1

Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery & Mausoleum Gassville —

California 20

Blue Lake Cemetary Blue Lake — Cayetano Natural Burial Ground at Tulocay Napa — Creston Cemetery 5762 Little Farm Rd — Davis Cemetery and Arboretum Davis — Earth Funeral San Francisco $5k Eternal Home Cemetery San Francisco — Eternal Meadow at Woodlawn Cemetery — Fernwood Cemetery and Funeral Home Mill Valley — Forever Fernwood Cemetery Mill Valley — Gan EdenHillside Memorial Park Los Angeles — Joshua Tree Memorial Park 92252 — Morgan Oaks Eternal Preserve Lincoln — Mount Sinai Memorial Park Hollywood Hills Los Angeles — Mount Sinai Memorial Park Simi Valley Simi Valley — Pleasant Hills Memorial Park Sebastopol — Purissima Cemetery Half Moon Bay — Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier — Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery Sebastopol — Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Sacramento — Westwood Hills Memorial Park-The Meadow Placerville —

Colorado 7

Colorado Burial Preserve Florence — Crestone Cemetery Crestone — Hermosa Cemetery Durango — Mountain Wilderness Memorial Woodland Park — Roselawn Cemetry Fort Collins — Seven Stones Cemetery Littleton — The Natural Funeral Lafayette $8.9k

Connecticut 1

Wooster Cemetery Danbury —

Delaware 1

Gracelawn Memorial Park (Dignity) New Castle —

Florida 7

Brooksville Cemetery Brooksville — City of Brooksville Cemetery Brooksville — Eternal rest Memories Park Dunedin — Glendale Memorial Park Nature Reserve DeFuniak Springs — Heartwood Preserve New Port Richey — Hope Eternal Gardens Punta Gorda — Riverview Memorial Gardens Cocoa —

Georgia 4

Eco-Eternity Forest-Glisson Camp and Retreat C Dahlonega — Milton Fields Milton — Potts Mountain Burial Ground Marble Hill — Whispering Hills Natural Green Cemetery & Preserve LaGrange —

Hawaii 1

Valley Isle Memorial Park Cemetery Wailuku —

Idaho 1

Mountain View Green Cemetery Leadore —

Illinois 6

Casper Creek Natural Cemetery Galena — Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Murphysboro — Roselawn Memorial Park — St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery Palatine — The Meadow at Sunset Memorial park Danville — Windridge Memorial Park & Nature Sanctuary Cary —

Indiana 5

Kessler Woods at Washington Park North Cemetery — Oak Hill Cemetery Crawfordsville — Springvale Cemetery- The Preserve Lafayette — Tippecanoe Memory Gardens West Lafayette — White Oak Cemetery Bloomington —

Kansas 5

Ascension Cemtery of Bel Aire Bel Aire — Heart Land Prairie Cemetery New Cambria — Lincoln City Cemetery Lincoln City — Mount Muncie Cemetery Lansing — Oak Hill Cemetery Lawrence —

Louisiana 1

Garden of Memories Cemetery Metairie —

Maine 4

Baldwin Hill Conservation Cemetery Winthrop — Burr Cemetery Freeport — Cedar Brook Burial Ground Limington — Rainbow’s End Orrington —

Maryland 3

Bestgate Memorial Park Annapolis — Earth Funeral Frederick $5k Serenity Ridge Natural Cemetery Windsor Mill —

Massachusetts 18

Abel’s Hill Cemetery Chilmark — Hillcrest Park Springfield — Middle Farms Cemetery USA — Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge — Oak Grove Cemetery of Springfield, Inc. Springfield — South Wellfleet Cemetery USA — Temple Israel Greenfield — Town of Chesterfield USA — Town of Hawley USA — Town of Heath Center USA — Town of Heath North USA — Town of Heath South USA — Town of Marion USA — Town of Warwick — Town of Wenham USA — Town of Worthington USA — West Cemetery Shutesbury — West Leyden Cemetery Leyden —

Michigan 9

Eagle Harbor Cemetery Mohawk — Forest Lawn Cemetery 48234 — Hebrew Memorial Gardens 48237 — Marble Park Cemetery Milan — Mount Carmel Cemetery Wyandotte — Mount Elliott Cemetery Detroit — Peninsula Township Cemetry 49686 — Ridgeview Memorial Gardens Grandville — The Preserve at All Saints Cemetery (Mt. Elliott) Waterford —

Minnesota 3

Loving Earth Memorial Gardens Barnum — Mound Cemetery of Brooklyn Center MN Brooklyn Center — Prairie Oaks Memorial Eco Gardens Inver Grove Heights —

Missouri 4

Bellefontaine Cemetery St. Louis — Gates to Heaven Cemeteries Seligman — Green Acres Cemetery USA — Pushing Up Daisies Inc Columbia —

Montana 1

City of Billings, Mountview Cemetery Billings —

Nevada 1

Earth Funeral Las Vegas $5k

New Hampshire 4

Chocorua Cemetery Tamworth — Monadnock Quaker Friends NB Ground Jaffrey — Richmond Cemetery USA — Tamworth Town Cemetery Tamworth —

New Jersey 6

Earth Funeral Newark $5k Historic Goshen Cemetery Rte 47 — Maryrest Catholic Cemetery Mahwah — Steelmantown Green Burial Preserve Woodbine — The Rosemont Cemetery - Rosemont Memorial Garden Rosemont — Union Cemetery at Mays Landing Mays Landing —

New Mexico 2

Commonweal Conservancy Santa Fe — La Puerta Natural Burial Ground Belen —

New York 14

Ascension Garden Cemetery Henrietta — Ascension Garden St. Francis Meadow Henrietta — Forest Hill Cemetery (Forest Lawn Cemetery Group) Attica — Fultonville Natural Burial Ground Fultonville — Greensprings Natural Cemetery Newfield — Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Rochester — Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery Niskayuna — Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester — New York Quaker Meeting Cemetery (NYQM) Brooklyn — Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Sleepy Hollow — St. Peter’s Cemetery – Peaceful Meadows Saratoga Springs — Town of Rhinebeck Cemetery Rhinebeck — Vale Cemetery (The Dell) Schenectady — White Haven Memorial Park Rochester —

North Carolina 9

Bluestem Conservation Cemetery Cedar Grove — Carolina Memorial Sanctuary Mills River — Eco-Eternity Forest-Chestnut Ridge Efland — Endswell Funeral Home Hillsborough $3.2k–$3.5k Forest Lawn Funeral Home Memorial Park Hendersonville — Forest Lawn Memorial Park Candler — Green Hills Cemetery Asheville — Oakwood Cemetery-Mordecai’s Meadow Raleigh — Pine Forest Memorial Gardens Wake Forest —

Ohio 6

Foxfield Preserve Wilmot — Glen Forest Cemetery Yellow Springs — Green Haven Cemetery — Heritage Acres Memorial Sanctuary Cincinnati — Kokosing Nature Preserve Gambier — Union Grove Cemetery Cemetery Road —

Oklahoma 3

Dust to Dust Green Burial Cemetery — Green Haven Cemetery Stillwater — Woodland Memorial Park Sand Springs —

Oregon 6

Earth Funeral Portland $5k Estacada Cemetery District — Historic Goshen Cemetery Portland — Oak Hll Cemetery 97402 — Riverview Cemetery Portland — The Forest Conservation Burial Ground Ashland —

Pennsylvania 9

Earth Funeral Washington $5k Gethsemane Cemetery - St. Kateri Tekakwitha Natural Burial Laureldale — Green Meadow at Fountain Hill Fountain Hill — Highland Meadows at Oakwood Sharon — Lampeter Green Burial Grounds Bird in Hand — Laurel Hill East (Valley View Green) Philadelphia — Moravian High Acres Cemetery Canadensis — Paxtang Cemetery Harrisburg — Penn Forest Natural Burial Park Verona —

South Carolina 5

Dust to Dust Green Burial Cemetery — Greenhaven Preserve Eastover — Kings Mountain Preserve Blacksburg — Ramsey Creek Preserve Westminster — Woodland Memorial Park —

South Dakota 1

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Sioux Falls —

Tennessee 2

Elmwood Cemetery Memphis — Larkspur Conservation Burial Ground Nashville —

Texas 8

Blazing Star Sanctuary (Katy Prairie Preserve) Brookshire — Campo de Estrellas Conservation Cemetery Flatonia — Countryside Memorial Park La Vernia — Cremation.green Austin $3.2k Eloise Woods Community Natural Burial Park — Ethician Family Cemetery Huntsville — Green Cremation Texas Austin — Our Lady of the Rosary Georgetown —

Utah 1

Aultorest Memorial Park Ogden —

Vermont 1

Vermont Forest Cemetery Roxbury —

Virginia 6

Blue Ridge Green Burial Salem — Cool Spring Natural Cemetery (Holy Cross Abbey) Berryville — Duck Run Natural Cemetery Harrisonburg — Earth Funeral South Boston $5k Forest Rest Natural Cemetery Boones Mill — Panorama Natural Burial Earlysville —

Washington 11

Cedar Lawns Memorial Park & Funeral Home Redmond — City of Sumner Cemetery Puyallup — Earth Funeral Auburn $5k Forest Grove Green Burial (Riverside Memorial Park) Spokane — Herland Forest — Historic Congressional Cemetery Washington — Mole Greenacres Memorial Park Ferndale — Recompose Seattle $7k Return Home Auburn $5.0k White Eagle Memorial Preserve Goldendale — Woodlawn Cemetery Snohomish —

Washington DC 1

Historic Congressional Cemetery Washington DC —

Wisconsin 5

Circle Cemetery — Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee — Greenwood Jewish Cemetery Milwaukee — Natural Path Sanctuary Verona — Prairie Home Cemetery Waukesha —