Apr 2017
COME AND TALK TO MY FLOWERS
Come and talk
to my flowers
when my voice
is nothing
but the wind
my mind now
a season
season after season
dressed in only birdsong
here I will be
at the edge of summer
the depth of yes
winter.
Here I rest
part of the universe.
Come and talk
to my flowers.
Come and talk
to my flowers
when my voice
is nothing
but the wind
my mind now
a season
season after season
dressed in only birdsong
here I will be
at the edge of summer
the depth of yes
winter.
Here I rest
part of the universe.
Come and talk
to my flowers.
Bury my wounded heart at Clandon Wood Natural Burial...
WHERE I INTEND TO SPEND THE REST OF MY AFTERLIFE!
Clandon Wood is an award-winning natural woodland and meadow burial reserve in the Surrey Hills – a calm and sustainable alternative to conventional cemeteries.
Planned as a burial reserve but designed as a nature reserve, Clandon Wood is very much about life and renewal through nature. The creation of a self-sustaining, wildlife environment is the answer to the enduring question: how do we find enough space to accommodate human burials responsibly?
Two fields, nestling between the villages of East and West Clandon at the foot of the Surrey Hills, had lain fallow for the proceeding 8 years. The site now thrives, with over forty eight species of wildflowers and grasses giving us a flowering season well into the autumn. A new lake and wetland has also been created to attract wild-fowl, wading birds and aquatics. Recently planted native trees including oak, beech, hornbeam, lime and silver birch create a young flourishing woodland. Using traditional woodland management practices, the developing woodland will become productive, securing its future and flourishing for generations to come.
WHERE I INTEND TO SPEND THE REST OF MY AFTERLIFE!
Clandon Wood is an award-winning natural woodland and meadow burial reserve in the Surrey Hills – a calm and sustainable alternative to conventional cemeteries.
Planned as a burial reserve but designed as a nature reserve, Clandon Wood is very much about life and renewal through nature. The creation of a self-sustaining, wildlife environment is the answer to the enduring question: how do we find enough space to accommodate human burials responsibly?
Two fields, nestling between the villages of East and West Clandon at the foot of the Surrey Hills, had lain fallow for the proceeding 8 years. The site now thrives, with over forty eight species of wildflowers and grasses giving us a flowering season well into the autumn. A new lake and wetland has also been created to attract wild-fowl, wading birds and aquatics. Recently planted native trees including oak, beech, hornbeam, lime and silver birch create a young flourishing woodland. Using traditional woodland management practices, the developing woodland will become productive, securing its future and flourishing for generations to come.
