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  2. Get Started. A natural alternative to cemeteries. Our protected forests are home to Memorial Trees. A Memorial Tree is an established, growing tree that serves as a resting place for cremated remains. Ashes are mixed with soil and spread at the base of the tree, becoming forever part of the forest. Get Started. THIS MAY ONLY. Free Forest Memorial.

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  3. Why we do it. Co-founder Sandy Gibson’s parents died when he was young. When he was 10 his father died of a stroke, and at 11 his mother died of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He spent his youth regularly visiting an urban cemetery. In his own words: “My mother wanted to be with her family forever. She picked the last family plot available in a ...

  4. The company focuses on end-of-life planning and forest conservation. As of May 2020, the company had five forest locations: Point Arena, California; Santa Cruz, California; Flagstaff, Arizona; St. Croix Valley, Minnesota; and a 130-acre site in Falls Village, Connecticut.

    • 2015
    • End-of-Life
    • Sandy Gibson (CEO), Brad Milne (COO), Jamie Knowlton (CFO)
    • John Collins (CEO), Sandy Gibson (CIO), Brad Milne (COO)
  5. How are Better Place Forests locations protected? Our process for protecting land begins by identifying and purchasing land with high conservation value. For us, conservation value means land that is in a natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition.

  6. Now called Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, our cemetery covers approximately 100 acres and contains nearly 28,000 burials. The grounds include several garden mausoleums, private mausoleums, private estates and cremation estates of families with deep roots in central Ohio.

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    • (614) 866-0200
    • 5600 East Broad Street, Columbus, 43213, OH
  7. Apr 5, 2022 · Better Place Forests, based in San Francisco, is said to be the first U.S. company to offer forests as an alternative to cemeteries for families who choose cremation. People can choose one...

  8. Feb 4, 2021 · February 04, 2021 07:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. FALLS VILLAGE, Conn.-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--Today, Better Place Forests, the company that built America’s first conservation memorial forests,...

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