Our Weekly Tip: Plant a Tree at a Memorial

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Our Tip of the Week: Make the memory of your loved one live on while helping the Earth at the same time. Give young trees or tree seedlings to the attendees at the memorial so they can watch their trees growing over the years keeping the memory of a loved one strong and present.

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How-to Suggestion: Companies like Next Gen Memorials offers 10” trees packed in a special micro-climate for trees to live in for up to thirty days before planting. The company also has tree seedlings in burlap.

Tree planting can be incorporated into the service bringing the attendees together through the healing power of nature.

More Tips: You can also create a memorial through a nature conservation organization by helping them with their reforestation efforts.  Organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation plant registered trees in national forests to honor your loved one through a living monument.

Explore other end-of-life tips through our Practical Tips column.