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What do you plan to do with your body after you die? Instead of having it buried in a grave with a tombstone, some people are choosing to have their ashes spread beneath a private tree.
Better Place Forests is responding to that trend by turning forest land into memorial preserves. There are five in the country, with two in the works, including one in northern Illinois.
Sandy Gibson is the CEO and founder of Better Place Forests. He says his early experience with death led him to create this company. When he was a little boy, his parents died within one year of each other.
FLORIDA â Sandy Gibsonâs parents died a year apart when he was a boy, and he has spent his entire life visiting their gravesite in his native Toronto. But, Gibsonâs parents were buried in a traditional cemetery, and he said the austere surroundings have made it difficult for him to connect with his memories of them.
âFor me, itâs always been a place that you need to go,â he said. âBut, it wasnât how I wanted to feel when I was near my parents. . Itâs so hard to forget that, because it is their final resting place. Itâs there forever.â
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Better Place Forests Announces Online Tours Now Available for its Conservation Memorial Forest in Litchfield Hills
Better Place Forests Announces Online Tours Now Available for its Conservation Memorial Forest in Litchfield Hills Today, Better Place Forests, the company that built Americas first conservation memorial forests, announced it is officially starting online tours of its location in Falls Village, Connecticut. The companys first forest in the Northeast region of the country,
Better Place Forests Litchfield Hills, is nestled in a location known for its open greenland, outdoor recreation, and environmental landmarks including the Housatonic River, Bear Mountain, and the southernmost portion of the Berkshires. Located an hours drive from downtown Hartford and 2 hours from New York City,
Subrina Dhammi & WNYT Staff Created: February 05, 2021 04:15 PM
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - A new company is emerging, offering a new option for you to plan how and where you and your loved ones want to be memorialized.
The idea is to move away from a traditional cemetery burial, and go back into nature.
A 200-acre plot of land in Williamstown now has new meaning. It will become the final resting place for many people.
That includes Dwight Brown and his wife. They just selected the tree land they will forever be tied to.
When they pass, their ashes will be spread at the tree, a forever memorial within nature.
Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
Better Place Forests Announces Online Tours Now Available for its Conservation Memorial Forest in Litchfield Hills
February 4, 2021 GMT
Litchfield Hills (Photo: Business Wire)
FALLS VILLAGE, Conn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 4, 2021
Today, Better Place Forests, the company that built America’s first conservation memorial forests, announced it is officially starting online tours of its location in Falls Village, Connecticut. The company’s first forest in the Northeast region of the country,
Better Place Forests Litchfield Hills, is nestled in a location known for its open greenland, outdoor recreation, and environmental landmarks including the Housatonic River, Bear Mountain, and the southernmost portion of the Berkshires. Located an hour’s drive from downtown Hartford and 2 hours from New York City,