Graves In Nature?

[shauna marie]

I hope this isn't inappropriate.

I've watched the whole series of Six Feet Under. Two of the deaths have resulted in the bodies being buried in nature. This is what the deceased had requested. No casket, nothing--just a hole in the ground.

I hadn't heard of this. Is this something that is actually legal and done as a practice or was it just made up for the show?

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Also, something was mentioned about actually being able to buy plots in nature, to preserve it or something?

[MartyT]

Shauna, dear ~ Not inappropriate at all. You'll find a number of Web sites listed on the Memorials ~ Funerals ~ Rituals page of my Grief Healing Web site that describe this type of burial. See especially Memorial Ecosystems.

[shauna marie]

(((((marty)))))

Thank you for your reply.

Never thought to search the site for the answer, duh. But I don't think we have such things around here, never heard of it before.

I guess that was one thing about the show--opened a whole world of different religions and how they deal with death and the different options to memorialize their loved ones.