The Wilderness Center Monthly Info Session on Foxfield Preserve Cemetery

Saturday, December 5th at 2 PM

The Wilderness Center is holding free monthly informational session on the Nature Preserve Cemetery, Foxfield Preserve.

What is 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 and foremost, but it is also a cemetery where people are interred. That said, 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 first, burials will be spread out to only 100 to 200 per acre so nature will dominate the landscape. At Foxfield Preserve, Wilderness Center Naturalists are restoring what was once farmland to prairie and forest. 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.

For more information visit www.foxfieldpreserve.org