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OSU Extension Service Land Steward Program

Presentation by Suzanne Willow for OSU Land Steward Program Community Education Series

Written on January 21, 2022. Posted in Media.

Suzanne Willow of Willow-Witt Ranch and The Forest Conservation Burial Ground shares about green burial. This is a recorded evening presentation from the OSU Extension Services Land Steward Program...

Winter Greetings from The Forest

Written on January 14, 2022. Posted in Stories.

Reveling in Winter Time We are so delighted that it’s truly winter here at the burial ground. We welcomed the changing seasons with poetry, reflections, and light in...

The Hills We Die On

Written on January 5, 2022. Posted in Media.

On a warm summer day with bright yellow flowers in full bloom, Lydia Shockey and her family gathered at a secluded forest meadow surrounded by mountains to bury her father. After lowering his body...

2022 Autumnal Equinox gathering at The Forest Conservation Burial Ground

Autumn Greetings from The Forest

Written on November 2, 2021. Posted in Stories.

Poetry, silence, laughter and connection with the trees: this is how we marked the arrival of autumn with a sweet gathering at The Forest. The shedding of the pine's needles this time of year reminds...

‘Green’ Burial’ Finds A Home In Southern Oregon

Written on August 24, 2021. Posted in Media.

A cemetery often evokes images of mahogany coffins, ornate headstones and embalmed bodies. That’s not the case for The Forest Conservation Burial Ground, the first burial ground in Oregon that is completely...

Interview of Mary Ann Perry on KSKQ’s Life Matters with Renee Miereanu

Written on April 15, 2021. Posted in Media.

The Forest Conservation Burial Ground Sexton Mary Ann Perry joins Renee Miereanu on her “Life Matters” radio program on KSKQ FM to discuss green burials. Listen to the interview...

Capiche Conversations: Interview with Suzanne Willow, Co-Owner of The Forest Conservation Burial Ground

Written on April 1, 2021. Posted in Media.

Where would you like to spend your death? Do you want to return to the earth, becoming part of nature in a way that continues to nurture the life around you? Would you like to be enveloped in the beauty...

Good Grief with Cheryl Jones - Bury Me Natural: The Forest Conservation Burial Ground episode

Bury Me Natural: The Forest Conservation Burial Ground on Good Grief with Cheryl Jones

Written on December 16, 2020. Posted in Media.

Mary Ann Perry, the sexton for The Forest Conservation Burial Ground, joins VoiceAmerica host Cheryl Jones to talk about first funerals at The Forest, the principles of green burial, and what led her...

First Burial at The Forest

Written on July 31, 2020. Posted in Stories.

Life surrounded us as we approached the grave site with Scott’s body wrapped beautifully in a silk shroud woven with color. Deer walked across the meadow while we watched from the edge under the protection...