What is a hybrid green burial?

Green (or natural) burial emphasizes simplicity and environmental sustainability. The body is neither cremated nor prepared with chemicals such as embalming fluids. The shrouded body or biodegradable container is lowered into the earth without the use of a burial vault. Earth is then packed directly around and over the body or container. The green burial option for either single or companion interments.

Embalmed bodies and/or those in non-biodegradable caskets, such as metal, are not eligible for the green burial option. Green burial is not an option for the second interment into a companion plot in which a companion vault is already in place.

The district has the distinction of “hybrid” because we reseed for turf and allow the placement or a traditional monument.