Memorial Woodlands

read moreChristopher Baker, our founder and chairman, has always had a love of trees and when his father passed the land at Earthcott Green to him he began to plant trees. From the age of about thirty, Christopher began to attend funerals and was disappointed by the accepted norm; the clinical, workman-like funeral directors and impersonal, rushed services. He felt that there had to be a better way to mark a death and realised that he would far rather have a gathering in a private space, be interred in a field and have a tree planted over him.

read morePlanning your own funeral is a task that is easy to put off until later; however it is a generous act to whoever has the responsibility of carrying it out. It is also true that the worst time to plan a funeral is when someone has died. Shock and grief do not help in making decisions that can not be undone later. Many people have found it an opportunity to take stock and say that they felt that a weight had been lifted. Please feel free to download our Funeral Planning Checklist (below) and browse through it to begin to understand the options available to you.

read moreOur team will be pleased to help you to arrange a simple funeral with a simple plot and a small chapel service, a simple plot side occasion or an unattended burial and will work with you to find the most suitable solution for you during this difficult time. The only funeral directors in the country with on-site chapel and reception rooms, set in 100 acres of burial grounds within a nature reserve managed by our Charitable Trust. Our burial services starting from 1495 are a lower cost, sustainable, alternative to cremation.