Why You Might Consider a Cremation Garden

If you are considering cremation services in Streamwood, IL for a loved one, you might also be considering keeping their remains in a cremation garden. With cremation becoming more popular, these cremation gardens are also increasing in popularity. And with so many beautiful ways to house your loved one’s remains, it’s no wonder why. Let’s explore these gardens a little more and all the options they can provide.

What is a Cremation Garden?

Cremation gardens are places where families can choose to keep their loved one’s cremated remains. These gardens may be found as part of a cemetery or as a stand-alone space.

Cremation gardens tend to be lovely settings with professional landscaping of flowers and other bright happy foliage as well as walkways, fountains, and even brooks, ponds, or other water features.

How Are the Remains Kept?

Depending on the cremation garden, they may have one or all of the following ways to house your loved one’s remains. These ways include:

• Columbarium Niche – A columbarium is a wall or other structure that contains spaces called “niches”. It is in these niches that families will place their loved one’s urn. These niches can have a glass or metal front and may contain an area that can be engraved with your loved one’s name and date of birth and death. These columbariums may be inside a structure or outside.
• Ground burial – For families who wish to have a ground burial for their loved ones, many cremation gardens offer this option. These burial spaces are just like that those for a casket but smaller in size to accommodate an urn. Families may have an opportunity to install a grave marker or other tribute.
• Scattering garden – A scattering garden can be found in many cremation gardens. This scattering garden is a separate space where families are welcomed to release their loved one’s ashes.

Why Choose a Cremation Garden?

Other than the many options cremation gardens offer to house loved ones’ remains, families may choose this option for several other reasons. One is that it allows the remains to be located in a general space that is accessible to all family members at all times. This can be much more convenient than for example if the remains are kept in one family member’s home.

Another popular reason families choose cremation gardens is that they provide a peaceful setting to visit and connect with their loved ones. Whether the remains are in a columbarium, a burial site, or in the scattering garden, all around you will find beautiful landscaping, peaceful paths, and relaxing places to sit quietly and reflect.

These gardens also provide a permanent space where families know their loved one’s remains will be safe in the future. For example, if families choose to scatter their loved one’s remains in another space such as a public park, that park may end up being a shopping center or parking lot in the future. With the cremation garden, families can feel more confident that it will stay the same.

Call us or come by anytime to learn more about cremation gardens or cremation services in Streamwood, IL as we are always here to answer any questions you may have.