You have made your funeral arrangements with a funeral home that offers cremation services. You chose cremation because it is a less expensive option overall, but you are having problems determining what happens to your cremains after the funeral and cremation is over. You have several options to consider. Even though most people leave their ashes with a family member or request they be spread somewhere pertinent to their lived life, cremains can also be buried. Not all cemeteries allow the burial of urns wil cremated ashes, but you may have the option of having your remains placed in an urn garden.
What exactly is an urn garden?
An urn garden is much like a cemetery, but it only accommodates urns instead of caskets and vaults. These cremain burial grounds are often part of a larger cemetery, but they can also be standalone plots of land as well. Urn gardens tend to have some pretty impressive layouts, and many have hardscaping features to make the place peaceful and inviting. It is not uncommon to find an urn garden with things like:
What does it mean if an urn garden can inter urns into the design?
This means that urns can be basically implemented as part of the urn garden's design. For example, some urns can be encased in resin and integrated into a bench in the garden.
Are urn gardens an affordable option?
Urn gardens can provide a much more affordable option than burial in a regular cemetery. When you are planning to bury your cremains in a normal cemetery, the cemetery is going to sell you the usual burial plot in the traditional size, even though that is far too much space for an urn. If you buy a spot in an urn garden, you are getting just enough space to bury the small urn and perhaps install a small headstone, so you usually do not have to pay as much.
Can you have a headstone in an urn garden?
You absolutely can have a headstone in an urn garden just the same as you can in any other burial place. However, the size limit on the stones can be much more limited, and the stone may have to be a flat or inset stone that lays flush with the ground.
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