by Amanda C Vesty | Mar 10, 2021 | Death, Environment, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
.How would you like to pass from this world? What for you would be a good death? I think sitting under a tree with a smile on my face would be a lovely way to go … This sweet story comes from an article by Karen Marciniak “The best tree story I know...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jan 24, 2021 | Death, Poetry, Trees The Green Legacy
A poem by the seventh Dalai Lama “On each branch of the trees in my garden Hang clusters of fruit, swelling and ripe. In the end, not one piece will remain. My mind turns to thoughts of my death.” – Seventh Dalai Lama-
by Amanda C Vesty | Sep 22, 2020 | Death, Environment, Grief, History & Culture, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Trees: The Sacred And The Science. How our personal connection with trees and nature brings greater understanding beyond data collection and analysis. How the tears of relationship feed the earth. Online one thing guaranteed to cause lively, if not fierce,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 3, 2020 | Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Mementoes and Memorials, Trees The Green Legacy
The Hardy Tree St Pancras Church Moving The Dead A story similar to HS2 that took place in the 1800s reminds us of how the dead still remain important to the living. It also raises questions of ethics and how we treat corporeal remains. St. Pancras Old Church, is...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jul 31, 2020 | Children, Community, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Arnos Vale Cemetery In Bristol Speak to a lot of people about graveyards and many will no doubt talk about them being ‘creepy’ and full of ghosts. For myself however I have always found them to be peaceful places where you can spend a pleasant afternoon...
by Nicole Van Zomeren | Jul 14, 2020 | Environment, Funerals, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
These video’s are a stunning example of the greener coffin options available. Based in Dorset, Cradle To Grave work with Sommerset willow and have been weaving coffins for the past 20 years. They use traditional age-old weaving skills, to weave their willow...