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Leave the earth, better
Your final resting place can be a private tree in a beautiful, protected memorial forest.
Explore the forest from home
Discover the possibilities for your final resting place in our self-guided online experience.
Celebrate a life well-lived
Your ashes are placed beneath a private tree in a peaceful forest where your loved ones can visit and remember you.
A more beautiful resting place
Continue the cycle of life when your ashes are mixed with soil and returned to the base of your tree.
A personal memorial ceremony
Your forest steward will help shape a memorial ceremony that reflects your unique personality.
A legacy of protected landscapes
Your memorial helps nourish your tree, protect the forest and reforest America.
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This isn't just for us ‑ this is for everyone else too. And there's so much about you that needs celebrating.
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For you
Choose a beautiful resting place for you, your loved ones and your pets in a protected forest.
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For your loved ones
When it’s time, your loved ones participate in a memorial ceremony where your ashes are mixed with soil and returned to the base of your tree. The forest becomes a stunning yet tranquil place to remember you.
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For the earth
Your memorial helps conserve beautiful forestland. In partnership with nonprofit One Tree Planted, we plant Impact Trees in your honor to help reforest America.
A natural reflection of a life well-lived
Hear why people choose Better Place Forests.
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Better Place Forests spoke to me because it's an opportunity for me to actually be part of nature and part of the forest.Janette C.
Point Arena Forest, California
The news is spreading
“In a time when conservation is becoming increasingly urgent, it’s rather poetic to protect a tree with your remains, secure in the knowledge that more are being planted in your honor.”
Find your forever forest
Explore our growing network of inspiring locations.
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