Hello everyone.

My next-door neighbour's wife, has just died.

She had been suffering from some form of slow intestinal cancer and passed away ssuddenly, but blessedly without pain, on Thursday. Apparently it has come about that she requested a woodland burial in a wicker coffin just before the end and her husband was not prepared for that decision.

He and his family have looked at some of the immediately local places to us (we are in Coventry) but they are not happy to lay her to rest there.

My partner and I have agreed to try and help and if anyone has any links, contacts or useful information that could aid us, it would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

Kenn

Try the life rites website. They have all sorts of info. The link below should take you straight to the woodland burial page


http://www.liferites.org/death/woodland.html


Julia

Any help?

Here is a list of woodland burial site locations, information and contact details:
http://www.igreens.org.uk/woodland_burial_sites_uk.htm
http://www.woodlandburials.co.uk/
http://www.ac026.dial.pipex.com/naturaldeath/
http://www.memorialwoodlands.com/

Here is some directly or near Coventry:
Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground Ltd
01788 860604
New Clarkes Farm, Rugby, CV23 0SZ

Allesley Park. From Coventry follow the Tamworth Road B4098 to the edge of the city and just before the Royal Court Hotel on the right turn left into the Coundon Hall sports fields and park. GR 312 819. ...unsure of contact details sorry

For better informations contact Coventry Bereavement Services at:
The Lodge
Cannon Hill Road
Coventry
CV4 7DF
e-mail: bereavement.services@coventry.gov.uk
Office: 024 7629 4411
Minicom: 0500 431143
Office: 024 7629 4404

Sorry to refer to another forum, but there was a similar discussion at SignPagan recently. Found some awesome natural coffins - feather lined and very shapely. They have a stall selling them in Cardiff every now and then.

Thread: http://www.signpagan.org/forum/index.php?topic=224.0

Green Coffins: http://www.gogreen.cellande.co.uk/shop/pro...s/arka/arka.htm

Best wishes,

Marion.

Sorry its been a while since I posted again. But just to thank everyone for their information. In the end, my neighbour "compromised" by getting the wicker coffin and then having his wife cremated in it as he couldn't find anywhere close enough to him that he felt comfortable letting her rest. He then scattered the ashes somewhere else.

Some interesting news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7470692.stm

"As the trend for holding funerals at natural burial sites appears to grow, Iolo ap Dafydd tries to find the reasons why."

i wonder if this is the same Iolo that has a fantastic programme in wales called wild wales. it was a facinating series looking at all the wildlife we have.

Yes, that's the same fella

gwyn eich byd

Ffred