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Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground is a natural burial ground located in the village of Lilbourne, from the town of Rugby, England. It opened in 1994 and was the first privately owned natural burial ground in the country.〔http://forestofmemories.org/media/2002/08/31/some-britons-go-back-to-the-land-when-they-die/〕 Greenhaven is situated on of former agricultural land and originally catered for approximately 7000 plots, but as of December 8, 2008, roughly 5000 of these remain. ==Greenhaven’s Philosophy== In order to maintain as close to a natural environment as possible, Greenhaven: *Has replaced the use of gravestones with trees. The tree type can be picked from a list of trees native to the local area. The selection of available trees has since been limited in order to avoid a selection bias and to ensure a mixture analogous to the surrounding countryside of Northamptonshire. These currently include ash, oak, alder, crab apple, willow, silver birch, wild cherry, blackthorn, buckthorn, dogwood, field maple, hawthorn, midland hawthorn, hazel, spindle, wayfaring, guelder rose, rowan, holly and aspen. *Requires that at the time of burial, the body shall be contained in clothes, wrappings or a shroud made of natural cloths and materials. *Provides a variety of biodegradable coffins which contain no metal or plastic. *Forbids the decoration of graves with ornaments, toys or any non-biodegradable objects.〔http://www.greenhaven.org.uk/terms.html〕 The burial ground has no specific religious ties. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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