Foxfield Preserve is a Nature Preserve Cemetery at the Wilderness Center.
Natural burial is an environmentally aternative to modern burial.
A natural burial (which some call a green burial) is the true “dust to dust” burial.
The Wilderness Center is stepping out to the cutting edge of conservation as it becomes the first conservation organization in the nation to start a Nature Preserve Cemetery. Possibly the first thought to run through your mind is, “What is a Nature Preserve Cemetery?”
A Nature Preserve Cemetery is a nature preserve first, but it is also a Cemetery where people are interred. There are huge differences between a Nature Preserve Cemetery and a modern Cemetery. Modern Cemeteries inter remains as densely as possible, often thousands of burials per acre. For Foxfield Preserve to be a Nature Preserve, burials will be spread out to only 100 to 200 per acre so nature will dominate the landscape. Another major difference between a modern cemetery and Foxfield Preserve is that only natural burials will be permitted.
In a typical modern burial, a person is embalmed and placed in a metal casket. The metal casket is then dropped into a concrete vault, and finally the vault is covered with soil. Natural burial the body is placed in a biodegradable container such as a wooden casket. The casket is interred directly into the ground. From there, nature takes its course.
This is a Cemetery--Please be respectful of the area----No need to go inside the gate"