When Greensprings Natural Cemetery celebrates its 10-year anniversary Saturday, its directors want people to not only learn more about what they do, but to appreciate the serenity of the cemetery ...

Starting an independent natural cemetery from scratch would be the most challenging path, Kelly said, and Jennifer Johnson, one of the founders of Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in ...

Maiberger has paid $500 for the standard 15-by-15-foot plot at the 2-year-old Greensprings Natural Cemetery, bordered by forestland in New York’s Finger Lakes region.

Typically, there are three types of people who utilize green cemeteries, Mary Woodsen, board president for Greensprings Natural Cemetery in Newfield, N.Y. told the Bangor News.

The 93-acre Greensprings Natural Cemetery is the first of its kind in New York and one of just a handful in the United States, where interest in "green" burial is just taking root.

Starting an independent natural cemetery from scratch would be the most challenging path, Kelly said, and Jennifer Johnson, one of the founders of Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in ...

Greenspring Natural Cemetery Preserve, located south of Ithaca, opened in 2006 and was the first place of its kind in the state. Greenspring is as simple as can be for green burials and is a ...

These cemeteries include Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah and Greensprings Natural Cemetery and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York. Cemeteries that do earth-friendly burials are different in other ways ...

Greensprings Natural Cemetery in upstate New York is a good example. The Federal Trade Commission has yet to set standards or regulations for green burial, so some funeral homes will vary in their ...

Linda Holzbaur, a member of the Greensprings Natural Cemetery board of trustees, has given two of her loved ones a green burial. When her baby granddaughter died in 2007, ...

Genevieve Maiberger has done her bit to help the environment. She recycled paper long before the law required it and uses only pesticide-free products to keep her roses perfect. Now the 81-year-old… ...