If your loved one felt truly at peace with the outdoors, consider these ideas to memorialize them in a way that incorporates nature and what they enjoyed doing most.
Plant a tree
Growing a living memory of your loved one with their cremation ashes is a unique way to memorialize them. You can nourish the plant with their ashes and nurture it into a full-grown tree.
Bios Urn is the world’s first biodegradable urn designed to return loved ones to nature.
Start a coral reef
If your loved one was interested in marine life, consider the company Eternal Reef who incorporates cremated ashes with an environmentally-safe cement mixture to create new habitats for marine life.
Family members are encouraged to participate in the process, providing a special way to help heal both the sea and the soul.
Turn the cremains into a diamond
For a unique way to always carry a loved one with you, you may want to consider a memorial diamond. Memorial diamonds are cultured diamonds created from cremated remains.
Create a cairn stone memorial
The term cairn refers to a stack of deliberated balanced stones. They have been used since prehistoric times as landmarks and burial markers, in ceremonies and celebrations, and as objects of prayer and peace.
Emberstones creates unique hand-blown glass cairns fused with the remains of a loved one.
Float them out to sea
For the lovers of the sea, consider spreading their ashes in the water. When releasing from a boat, be sure to be mindful of the wind. You may also choose to release flowers at the same time, which provide a visual marker as they float peacefully out to sea.
For more ideas about what do with cremation ashes, read “Comforting rituals for cremation ashes.”
