Spread My Ashes in a Memorial Garden

Two major reasons for selecting cremation over traditional burial begins with the expense but also includes traditional cemeteries filling up. Those same cemeteries are now finding space for cremated remains. Memorial gardens are not just for spreading your ashes but it is a quiet place for people to come and remember those loved ones they have lost. As space around urban areas have become more scarce, memorial gardens are taking over.

Unused space in the cemetery
The St. Peter's By-the-Sea cemetery near York, England has found use for a section of their cemetery that wasn't deep enough to allow traditional burial. They turned it into a memorial park for cremated remains. The names of the deceased on listed on a common stone while the remains are spread out onto the garden grounds.

In the family plot
While this isn't a traditional memorial garden, if you own a family plot, cemeteries are letting people include cremated remains interred there because there aren't any spaces left for traditional burials. The urn is buried at the foot of an existing grave within your plot. One man I know has interred the urn contained the cremated remains of his second wife with the casket of his first wife. He fully intends to rest with both of them by having his cremated remains buried there also. Check with the cemetery because not all permit this kind of interment.

Walk of remembrance
One church has turned a garden path into a walk of remembrance by place two memorials along the path. They are allowing ashes to be interred along side the path or spread over the flowers. A special memorial book will be kept by the church with the names of everyone there. This memorial walk has been fully dedicated by one of the church deacons.

So, if you want to find a place to have your ashes near to where you live or in your already full family cemetery, check with them. They may have some alternatives that you don't know about.