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Mount Auburn
is pleased to continue
what was started in 1831 – natural burials –
as Massachusetts’ first Green Burial Council
certified Hybrid Burial Ground.
Natural burial at Mount Auburn always…
…ensures no outer containers such as concrete grave
liners, vaults or sectional boxes are used for your grave; this
requirement will be written into your deed.
Natural burial at Mount Auburn sometimes…
…allows monuments either flush to the ground or above
ground, or
…allows for no monuments at all;*
…allows for machine-dug or hand-dug graves, and
…allows for extra-deep burials at approximately 6’ – 7’
or single depth of 3’ – 5’.
*The picturesque character of Mount Auburn is maintained by its use
of plants and memorials. The uncluttered feeling exhibited through-
out the landscape dictates what type of memorial, if any, may be
installed at a grave.
Natural burial at Mount Auburn currently…
…has no site dedicated solely to natural burials, or religious
affiliations, or ethnicity, or for service to country.
…ensures your grave is yours in perpetuity. Remains will not
be removed to allow for the interment of another.
Even before selecting Mount Auburn as a place of
burial, you have full control over:
· Whether a body is cremated,
· Whether a body is embalmed,
· What type of casket, shroud, or coffin is used, and
· Where a funeral or memorial service, if any, is held.
Rather than being limited to a specific
area in the landscape, natural burial grave
spaces are available in locations throughout
the Cemetery
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