Green Burial

Green / Natural Burial Prices

Green Burial With Minimal Shroud: $2995.00

Green Burial With Wicker Casket: $5495.00

Additional Information

Green burial, also referred to as natural or conservation burial, is a legal and safe burial process that uses biodegradable containers and avoids the usage of chemical preservatives or disinfectants such as embalming fluid. 

It is a way of caring for loved ones who passed away and at the same time helps in the permanent protection of a natural area.

Conservation burial sites are surrounded by beautiful native plants. 

People who support conservation have the option of having a more meaningful burial, assuring that the land is protected as a legacy for future generations. 

The families and friends of the departed are brought closer to nature in honor of their beloved’s life.

Green Funeral Services

As you consider funeral options, green funeral services may be an appealing choice. Green funerals, often called eco-friendly funerals or natural burials, focus on reducing the environmental impact and fostering a more sustainable approach to end-of-life care.

Choosing a green funeral service means prioritizing environmentally friendly practices throughout the entire process. The health care professionals and funeral directors involved will take care to ensure minimal environmental impact. For example, the deceased’s body will not be embalmed with synthetic chemicals, avoiding potential groundwater contamination.

Green burials are respectful to both the deceased and the environment. It is about returning the body to the earth as naturally as possible while honoring the memory of your loved one. The casket or burial shroud used will be made of biodegradable materials, which allows for a more natural decomposition process and reduces waste.

Green funeral services can provide a unique and meaningful way to commemorate the life of your loved one while reducing the environmental footprint. In lieu of traditional floral arrangements, consider using native plants or organic flowers to show respect and support eco-friendly values.

Perhaps one of the most significant benefits of choosing a green funeral is the support this decision provides to grieving family and friends. Knowing your loved one’s burial aligns with their environmentally conscious values can be a source of comfort during difficult times. Additionally, the serene surrounding of natural burial grounds can help create a calm, soothing space for healing and reflection.

Overall, a green funeral service shows a commitment to environmental stewardship and respect for our planet while still providing a meaningful way to celebrate the life of the deceased. As the popularity of green funerals grows, more funeral homes are offering these services to cater to the environmentally conscious and provide a meaningful way to honor and remember your loved one.

Facts about Green Burial:

What is green burial?

Green or natural burial is the process of interring the body of the deceased in soil that naturally allows decomposition. Schnauss North East Florida Funeral Home and Cremation Services promotes this kind of funeral service to help reduce the carbon footprint cremation process, caskets, concrete vaults, and the chemical procedure of embalming which is non-environmentally friendly. The body is typically entombed into natural surroundings in which vegetation can flourish.

Green Burial South Florida is the most non-toxic and the most environmentally friendly way of burial. It reduces the carbon footprint of cremation furnaces and the use of embalming fluid, thus minimizing the negative environmental effects of today’s modern funeral process.

We work with Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery

Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (PCCC) is a non-profit community cemetery nestled in a protected conservation area near Gainesville, Florida. We are licensed as an exempt cemetery by the state of Florida and certified at the highest level by the Green Burial Council. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery collaborates with Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT), a long-standing conservation organization in Gainesville, to manage, protect, and restore the land. This collaboration includes maintaining a conservation easement with Alachua County, which protects the land from development in perpetuity and keeps it open to the public.

Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery is a natural and wild space. Here you will find a blend of flowering meadows and shaded, breezy forests where people from across the state and beyond have made the choice for a natural, or green, burial. By preventing the use of embalming fluids and vaults, those laid to rest here can return to and become one with the earth.

All those who come to have a natural burial or visit the cemetery contribute to the land as a living memorial and our community’s legacy of conservation. As both a cemetery and preserve, Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery invites visitors to connect with nature in new and meaningful ways. All are free to explore our 93 acres along hiking trails and footpaths, venture further out into the rest of ACT’s 606-acre Prairie Creek Preserve, or continue into Paynes Prairie State Park’s 21,000 acres of conserved land. There are many plants and animals including deer, bobcats, beauty berry, turkey, live oaks, hawks, sparkleberry, cranes, spiderwort, kites, black-eyed susans, snakes, and more who call this place home.