Natural Burial, Green Burial & Conservational Burial Grounds
Updated: May 3
A green burial is when the deceased is buried in a special cemetery or special section of a cemetery, that is referred to as a green or natural or conservational burial ground.
These are special cemeteries bc they typically do not allow the use of toxic embalming fluid, expensive caskets, polished monuments, concrete burial vaults.
Instead of caskets people use bio degradable material like shrouds, cardboard, wicker or common wood coffins, and in some cases those tree or mushroom pods.
At a natural cemetery you can decay the natural way while fertilizing the world that provided us everything in life.
The following at Hybrid, Natural, Green, and Conservational burial grounds organized my State in across the USA:
Alabama
Forest Lawn Memorials Gardens (H) 10000 Celeste Road Saraland AL 36571 Phone: (251) 675-0824
Spring Hill Memorial Gardens (H) 600 Pierce Road Mobile AL Phone: (251) 639-0962
Sunset Memorial Park Hybrid Cemetery Midland City, AL 36350 334-983-6604 www.sunsetmemorialpark.com Tallapoosa County Memorial Gardens Hybrid Cemetery Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-0038 www.alabamafuneralhomes.com The Good Earth Burial Ground Natural Burial Ground Hazel Green, AL 35750 256-655-2170 www.thegoodearthllc.com
Arizona
Marana Mortuary Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Marana, AZ 85653 520-682-9900 www.maranamortuarycemetery.com Sunwest Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery El Mirage, AZ 85335 623-974-2054 www.heritagefuneralchapels.com
Arkansas
Gracelawn Memorial Park Hybrid Cemetery Van Buren, AR 72956 479-922-2023
California
Cayetano Natural Burial Ground at Tulocay Hybrid Cemetery 411 Coombsville Road Napa, CA 94558 707-252-4727 www.tulocaycemetery.org
Cherokee Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Nevada City, CA 95959 530-265-3461 www.nevadacemeterydistrict.com/green-burial Davis Cemetery and Arboretum Hybrid Cemetery Davis, CA 95618 530-756-7807 www.daviscemetery.org
Eternal Meadow at Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary Hybrid Cemetery 1847 14th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-458-8717 woodlawn.cemetery@smgov.net www.woodlawnsm.com
Forever Fernwood 301 Tennessee Valley Rd Mill Valley, California 94941 Phone: (415) 383-7100
Gan Eden at Hillside Memorial ParkHybrid Cemetery
6001 W. Centinela Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-641-0707
pgoldstein@hillsidememorial.org
Greenlawn Memorial Park Hybrid Cemetery Colma, CA 94104 650-755-7622 www.greenlawnmemorialpark.com
Hillside Memorials Park & Mortuary (H)
6001 W Centinela Avenue Los Angeles, California 90045 Phone: (800) 576-1994
Kelsey Pioneer Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Kelsey, CA 95667 530-303-2445 www.kelseypioneercemetery.com
Joshua Tree Memorial Park 60121 29 Palms Highway Joshua Tree CA 92252 Phone (760) 366-9210
www.joshuatreememorialpark.com
Pleasant Hills Cemetery (H) 1700 Pleasant Hill Road Sebastopol CA 95472 Phone: (707) 869-2842
www.pleasanthillsmemorialpark.com
Purissima Natural Burial Ground Natural Burial Ground #1 Verde Road Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 609-628-2297
Soquel Cemetery Historic Hybrid Cemetery Soquel, CA 95073 609-464-8732 localwiki.org/santacruz/Soquel_Cemetery
Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery 4701 Marysville Blvd. Sacramento CA 95838 Phone (916) 922-5833
www.sunsetlawn.chapelofthechimes.com
Westwood Hills Memorial Park (H) 2720 Cold Springs Road Placerville CA 95667 Phone: (530) 622-2223
www.westwoodhillsmemorialpark.com
Woodlawn Cemetery* Eternal Meadow Hybrid Cemetery Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-458-8717 www.smgovnet/departments/cemetery/
Colorado
Crestone Cemetery - Natural Burial Ground 108 West Galena Ave. Crestone CO 81131 Phone: (719) 256-4313
Evergreen Cemetery Municipal Hybrid Cemetery Colorado Springs, CO 80903 719-385-6251 www.coloradosprings.gov/evergreen-and-fairview-cemeteries
Evergreen Memorial Park Hybrid Cemetery Evergreen, CO 80439 303-674-7750 www.evergreenmemorialpark.com
Fairview Cemetery Municipal Hybrid Cemetery Colorado Springs, CO 80903 719-385-6251 www.coloradosprings.gov/evergreen-and-fairview-cemeteries
Roselawn Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery 2718 East Mulberry Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 970-221-6810 www.fcgov.com/cemeteries/greenburial.php
Seven Stones Botanical Garden Natural Cemetery Littleton, CO 80125 303-717-7117 info@discoversevenstones.com www.discoversevenstones.com
Connecticut
Wooster Cemetery (H) 20 Ellsworth Avenue Danbury CT 06810 Phone: (203) 748-8529
woostercemetery@yahoo.com www.wooster-cemetery.com
Fountain Hills Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Deep River, CT 06417 860-526-6020 www.deepriverct.us/Pages/DeepRiverCT_Bcomm/Cem/index
District of Columbia
Historic Congressional Cemetery (H) 1801 E Street, Southeast Washington DC 20003 Phone: (202) 543-0539
pwilliams@congressionalcemetery.org www.congressionalcemetery.org
Florida
Brooksville Cemetery (H) Green Meadow Section 1275 Olmes Road Brooksville FL 34601 Phone: (352) 544-5455 , 352-540-3806
Eternal Rest Memories Park (H)
2966 Belcher Road, Dunedin, Florida 34698 Phone: (727) 733-2300
www.facebook.com/pages/Eternal-Rest-Memorial-Park
Glendale Memorial Park Nature Reserve 297 Railroad Avenue DeFuniak Springs FL 32433 Phone: (850) 859 2141
www.glendalenaturepreserve.org Heartwood Preserve Conservation Burial Ground Trinity, FL 34655 727-376-5111 www.heartwoodpreserve.com
Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, Conservation Burial, Inc. and Alachua Conservation Trust, Inc., 7204 SE County Road 234, Gainesville, FL 32641 Phone: (352) 317-7307
info@prairiecreekconservationcemetery.org www.prairiecreekconservationcemetery.org
Riverview Memorial Gardens Hybrid Cemetery Cocoa, FL 32926 321-632-9050 www.riverviewmemorialcemetery.com
South Florida Jewish Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery 6081 S Congress Avenue Lake Worth, FL 33462 561-376-9972 www.southfloridajewishcemetery.org
Georgia
Honey Creek Woodlands 212 Highway 212 SW, Conyers, GA Phone: (770) 483-7535
Milton Fields 1150 Birmingham Road Milton GE 30004 Phone: (770) 751-1445
Hawaii
Valley Isle Memorial Park Cemetery (H) 105 Waiale Road Wailuku Maui HI 96793 Phone: (808) 244-4911
Idaho
Mountain View Green Cemetery 3770 Lemhi Road Leadore ID 83464 Phone: (208) 768-7095 , 208-768-7404
www.mountainviewgreencemetery.com
Illinois
Lithuanian National Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Justice, IL 60458 708-458-0638 www.lithnatcemetery.com
Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Hybrid Cemetery Murphysboro, IL 62966 618-687-1145 www.crainsonline.com/services/green-funerals
Roselawn Memorial Park (H) 1735 South Camp Butler Road Springfield, IL 62703 Phone: (217) 525-1661
info@roselawninfo.com www.roselawninfo.com
Windridge Memorial Park & Nature Sanctuary Natural Burial Park 7014 S. Rawson Bridge Road Cary IL 60013 Phone: (847) 639-3883
Indiana
Kessler Woods at Washington Park North
Cemetery and Funeral Center (H) 2706 Kessler Blvd. West Drive Indianapolis, IN Phone: (317) 251-5959
Oak Hill Cemetery Natural Burial Ground 392 W. Oak Hill Road Crawfordsville, IN 47933 765-362-6602 oakhillc@sbcglobal.net www.oakhillcemeteryofcrawfordsville.com
Spring Vale Cemetery The Preserve Hybrid Cemetery Lafayette, IN 47905 765-742-7028 www.springvalecemetery.com
Washington Park North Kessler Woods Natural Burial Ground Indianapolis, IN 46228 317-259-1253 www.washingtonparkcemetery.org
White Oak Cemetery
Hybrid Cemetery
Bloomington, IN 47404
812-349-3498
Iowa
Rose Hill Memorial Gardens Prairieview Preserve Hybrid Cemetery Marshalltown, IA 50158 641-752-0360
Kansas
Ascension Cemetery of Bel Aire Catholic Hybrid Cemetery Bel Aire, KS 67226 316-722-1971 www.catholicdioceseofwichita.org Heart Land Prairie Cemetery Natural Burial Ground New Cambria, KS 67470 785-829-7609 www.heartlandprairiecemetery.org Highland Cemetery Catholic Hybrid Cemetery Prairie Village, KS 66208 913-362-7439 www.highlandcemeteryprairievillage.com Mount Muncie Cemetery Municipal Hybrid Cemetery Lansing, KS 66043 913-727-1935 www.kansastravel.org/mountmunciecemetery.htm Oak Hill Cemetery Municipal Hybrid Cemetery Lawrence, KS 66044 785-832-3451 www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/oakhillcemetery
Louisiana
Garden of Memories Cemetery Private Hybrid Cemetery Metairie, LA 70001 504-833-3786 www.gardenofmemoriesmetairie.com
Maine
Burr Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Freeport, ME 04032 207-865-3940 www.burr-cemetery.com
Cedar Brook Burial Ground 175 Boothby Road Limington, Maine Phone (207) 637 2085
Rainbow’s End Natural Burial Ground 48 Mill Creek Road Orrington, ME 04474 Phone: (207) 825-3843
Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery, Springvale Veterans Hybrid Cemetery Springvale, ME 04083 207-490-4612 www.11.maine.gov/veterans/memorial-cemetery-system/southern-maine/index.html
Maryland
Bestgate Memorial Park (H) 814 Bestgate Road Annapolis MD 21401 Phone: (410) 841-6255
Massachusetts
Abel’s Hill Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Martha’s Vineyard, Chilmark, MA 02535 508-645-2107 www.chilmarkma.gov/Pages/ChilmarkMA_Cemetery/index Bozrah, Doane, East Hawley, South Hawley Cemeteries Hybrid Municipal Cemeteries Hawley, MA 01339 413-339-4091 www.townofhawley.com/town-services/burials-cemeteries/ Brewster Memorial Cemetery Hybrid Municipal Cemetery Brewster, MA 02631 508-896-3212 www.brewster-ma.gov/committees-mainmenu-29/cemetery-commission-mainmenu-73 Cole Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery West Chesterfield, MA 01084 413-336-3171 www.townofchesterfieldma.com/cemetery-commission Central, North, and South Cemeteries Hybrid Cemeteries Heath, MA 01346 413-337-4331 www.townofheath.org/wp/?page_id=6855 Damon Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Chesterfield, MA 01012 413-336-3171 www.townofchesterfieldma.com/cemetery-commission Hillcrest Park Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Springfield, MA 01129 413-782-2311 www.springfield-ma.gov/ Iron Rail Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Wenham, MA 01984 978-468-5521 Ext 6 sbouvier@wenhamma.gov www.wenhamma.gov/boards_and_committees/cemetery_commission.php Jewish Community of Amherst Cemetery Hybrid Jewish Cemetery Shutesbury, MA 413-218-3107 or 413-519-3169 www.jcamherst.org/ritual-life/jca-cemetery Middle Farms Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Westfield, MA 01085 413-568-7026
Mount Auburn Cemetery (H) 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA 02138 Phone: (617) 547-7105
info@mountauburn.org www.mountauburn.org
Mountain Street Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Williamsburg (Haydenville, MA 01039) 413-268-8400 www.burgy.org/trust-fund-and-cemetery-commission Oak Grove Cemetery of Springfield, Inc. Private Hybrid Cemetery Springfield, MA 01109 413-739-2127 Old Leonard Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Worthington, MA 01098 413-238-5577 worthington-ma.us/municipal-directory/cemetery-commissioners/ info@worthington-ma.us Pine Hill Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Westfield, MA 01085 413-568-7026 www.facebook.com/pinehillwestfield/?rf=111739392196939 Provincetown Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Provincetown MA 02657 508-487-7013 www.provincetown-ma.gov/124/Cemetery-Commission St. Peter of the Apostle Cemetery Catholic Hybrid Cemetery Provincetown MA 02657 508-487-0095 x3 www.stpeters-ptown.org/Default.aspx Temple Israel Cemetery Private Hybrid Cemetery Greenfield, MA 01301 617-244-6509 www.jcam.org The Gardens at Gesthemene Hybrid Cemetery 617-325-0186 West Roxbury, MA 02132 www.thegardenscemetery.org/ Warwick Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Warwick, MA 01378 978 544-6628 www.warwickma.org/selectboard.html#cemetery Wendell Center Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Wendell, MA 01379 978-544-6146 cemeterycommision@wendellmass.us www.wendellmass.us/index.php/governance/cemetery-commission.html West Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Shutesbury, MA 01072 413-259-1204 www.shutesbury.org/townclerk West Leyden Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Leyden, MA 01337 413-774-4111 leydentownclerk@crocker.com West Tisbury Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Martha’s Vineyard, West Tisbury MA 02575 508-696-0102 www.westtisbury-ma.gov/cemeteries Westview Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Lexington, MA 02420 781-861-2717 or 2718 www.lexingtonma.gov/cemetery Wildwood Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Amherst, MA 01002 413-549-4649
http://www.wildwood-cemetery.com/
Michigan
Chassell Township Cemetery Historic Hybrid Cemetery Chassell, MI 49916 906-370-5827 www.chassell.net
Eagle Harbor Cemetery Eagle Harbor Township Office Hybrid Cemetery 321 Centre Street Eagle Harbor MI Phone: (906) 289-4407
www.eagleharbortwp.org/departments/cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Houghton Township, MI 49931 906-337-1970 www.houghtontwp.org Forest Hill Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Houghton, MI 49931 906-231-7395 www.portagetownship.info/cemetery.php
Hebrew Memorial Gardens 26640 Greenfield Rd Oak Park MI 48237 Phone: (248) 543-1622
info@hebrewmemorial.org www.hebrewmemorial.org
Linden Meadow at Clinton Grove Cemetery Association Hybrid Cemetery 21189 Cass Avenue Clinton Township, MI 48036 586-463-0851 sales@clintongrove.com www.clintongrove.com
Marble Park Cemetery (H) Hybrid Cemetery 520 West Main Street Milan MI 48160 Phone: (734) 439-5660
Mount Carmel Cemetery (H) 899 Ford Ave / Northline Wyandotte, Michigan 48192 Phone: (734) 285-1722
Oakland Cemetery — Dalton Township Hybrid Cemetery Muskegon, MI 49445 231-332-6709 www.daltontownship.org/cemetery Park Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery Marquette, MI 49855 906-228-0444 www.marquettegreenburial.org
Peninsula Township Cemetery Hybrid Cemetery 13235 Center Road Traverse City MI 49686 Phone: (231) 223-7321
Ridgeview Memorial Gardens (H) 5151 8th Avenue SW Grandville, MI 49418 Phone: (616) 249-8439
ron@ridgeviewmemorialgardens.com www.ridgeviewmemorialgardens.com
The Preserve at All Saints Cemetery 4401 Nelsey Road Waterford MI 48329-1057 Phone: (248) 623-9633
elliottinfo@mtelliott.com www.mtelliott.com/thepreserve
Twin Lake Cemetery — Dalton Township Hybrid Cemetery Muskegon, MI 49445 231-332-6709 www.daltontownship.org/cemetery
Minnesota
Mound Cemetery of Brooklyn Center (H) 3515 69th Ave North Brooklyn Center MN 55429 Phone: (952) 935-0954
info@moundcemetery.com www.moundcemetery.com
Prairie Oaks Memorial Eco Gardens Natural Burial Cemetery 8225 Argenta Trail Inver Grove Heights MN 55077 Phone: (651) 300-5934
Resurrection Cemetery Catholic Hybrid Cemetery Mendota Heights, MN 55120 651-454-5072 www.catholic-cemeteries.org/resurrection.aspx Resurrection Cemetery Lutheran Hybrid Cemetery Saint Peter, MN 56082 507-934-3060 flcstpoffice@gmail.com www.flcstp.org/resurrection-cemetery.html
Missouri
Bellefontaine Cemetery (H) Evergreen Glen & Hope Hill Prairie 4947 West Florissant Avenue St Louis MO 63115
Gates to Heaven Cemeteries 255 Jackett Road Seligman MO 65745 Phone: (417) 341-1800
Green Acres Cemetery
Natural Burial Cemetery 1400 South Hickory School Road Rocheport (Columbia) MO Phone: (888) 325-2653
Mount Olivet Cemetery and Memorial Park Hybrid Cemetery Hannibal, MO 63401 573-221-0655 mtolivet@socket.net www.mtolivetcemeteryhannibal.com/services/
Zion Cemetery Association Hybrid Cemetery 7401 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis, MO, 63133 314-721-8631 jenniferc@zioncemeterystl.org http://www.zioncemeterystl.org
Montana
Infinity Cemetery, LLC Natural Burial Ground 13360 Rose Creek Road Bozeman, MT 59715 406-585-5858 info@infinitycemetery.com www.infinitycemetery.com
Natural Cemeteries Natural Burial Cemetery Swan Lake, MT 59911 406-754-2436 Facebook.com/naturalcemeteries.swanvalley
Nevada
Cherokee Cemetery Historic Hybrid Cemetery Nevada City, CA 95959 530-265-3461 www.nevadacemeterydistrict.com/green-burial
Eastside Memorial Park Natural Burial Ground 1600 Buckeye Road Minden, NV 89423 775-782-2215 eastsidecem@frontier.com www.eastsidememorialpark.com