Mole Valley Green Burial Ground, North Devon

A natural unspoiled peaceful resting place for your loved ones

Terms & Conditions

Mole Valley Green Burial Ground is a wild, natural, environmentally friendly, unspoiled peaceful resting place for your loved ones.

Our Burial Ground provides a thriving habitat for  wild grasses, wild flowers, birds, insects and other wildlife. A tree is planted  after a burial or interment of ashes and the  Burial Ground will ultimately evolve into a mature woodland for perpetuity.  We leave the burial ground to grow on naturally through the seasons, we do some trimming back of hedgerows outside of the bird nesting months and mow grassy paths during the summer, other than that it is left to grow on to provide a natural, wild, unspoiled, peaceful environment in keeping with the surrounding beautiful Mole Valley and farmland.

With that in mind please note the following Terms and Conditions:

•  Coffins, Shrouds, or Urns must be environmentally friendly and biodegradable, no  chipboard, metal or plastic
•  Only one burial or interment of  ashes urn per plot
•  The plots are arranged to allow enough space and light for the trees to grow
•  Embalmed persons are not permitted
•  No scattering of ashes permitted
•  No headstones, stone chips, wooden crosses, metal, slate or stone plaques,  ornaments or vases are  permitted on or around the graves or attached to trees,  if  found they will be removed for your collection
•  No artificial items such as windmills, wind chimes, artificial flowers, or ribbons may be  placed on or around  grave or hanging in or attached to trees
•  No borders or mowing of any kind around a grave
•  Only native traditional trees may be planted
•  If you wish to plant any native wildflowers or wildflower seeds it is essential you check  with us first for  approval, nothing else may be planted. Often commercially bought “wild flower seeds” may be non  native  specimens
•  Any non-biodegradable tributes will be removed 2 days after a burial or interment of  ashes
•  No seats or benches are permitted
•  Dogs are allowed but must be kept on a lead at all times and dog litter picked up and  taken away
•  The trees we provide are pot grown locally.  We plant the trees in the tree planting  season (October -  March) to give them enough space and light to give them the best  chance of  survival. There may be times  when trees do not grow well and do not survive  due to reasons beyond our control. If this happens we will  replace with a sapling from  our farm which will either be Oak or Wild Cherry at no charge.
•  We reserve the right to update our Terms and Conditions if necessary, however the  Burial Ground will always  remain a natural unspoilt, peaceful resting place for your  loved ones for perpetuity