What do you think about bio-urns?

Ronni

Ronni

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I find this idea fascinating! The Bio Urn is the world's first biodegradable urn designed to turn the ashes of a person into a tree . ... Thanks to its design and manufacture, the urn provides proper germination and aids in growing a tree with a person's ashes. In this way, death becomes a transformation and return to life through nature.

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I like the idea of having a place to visit the dead that have chosen to be cremated instead of being buried in a traditional cemetery plot with headstone. It could be a tree, a park bench, a rose bush, a swing set, a favorite boulder, almost anything that reminds one person of another and the experiences that they shared.

I'm a little bit put off by the idea of marketing a product that is designed to separate the bereaved from their money.

Maybe in today's world, it's about the convenience and as my grandmother used to say "It's the thought that counts."
 

Aunt Bea said:
I like the idea of having a place to visit the dead that have chosen to be cremated instead of being buried in a traditional cemetery plot with headstone. It could be a tree, a park bench, a rose bush, a swing set, a favorite boulder, almost anything that reminds one person of another and the experiences that they shared.

I'm a little bit put off by the idea of marketing a product that is designed to separate the bereaved from their money.

Maybe in today's world, it's about the convenience and as my grandmother used to say "It's the thought that counts."
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Yeah, I get that. But that's another reason I love them. Much less than the cost of a headstone for example. The most expensive one I found was just under $300 and they went down from there, to just over $50.
 
Reading this thread brings back to mind a strange happening from many years ago. ...
We had a big Sheepdog, Freddie, and he loved to hang out in this one area in the backyard. When he died, we buried him there.
He wasn't cremated.

In about 5-6 years maybe, a wispy tree (like a willow) grew out of nowhere in that same area.
Now, we had Oak trees pop up in different areas, all the time, but this tree was different. I used to look at that tree puzzled.

Maybe the people with the urns had something like this happen in their lives.
 
I once read about a peach orchard in, I believe, South Africa that sprang up on the site of a battlefield. Apparently the soldiers had filled up their pockets with peaches from another orchard and when they died on this site, they were buried where they fell. The peach pits in their pockets, fertilized by their bodies, grew into a lovely peach orchard. It was called something like The Soldier's Orchard.
 
Ronni said:
I find this idea fascinating! The Bio Urn is the world's first biodegradable urn designed to turn the ashes of a person into a tree . ... Thanks to its design and manufacture, the urn provides proper germination and aids in growing a tree with a person's ashes. In this way, death becomes a transformation and return to life through nature.

Best 4 bio urns on the market today
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Wait, what? What does the tree grow from? No seedlings or an already rooted tree? Bring me up to speed please....
 
Wren said:
Not for me, I’d rather be turned into a diamond than a tree with dogs cocking their legs up against me every five minutes.....
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I would grow to be a weeping willow....
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PopsnTuff said:
Wait, what? What does the tree grow from? No seedlings or an already rooted tree? Bring me up to speed please....
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@PopsnTuff here's a visual that might help. All the ones I've researched are structured very similarly. You can choose the kind of tree you want, and then the package is sold in a pod like this, already packed appropriately with the right growing medium, fertilizer etc.
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Ronni said:
I find this idea fascinating! The Bio Urn is the world's first biodegradable urn designed to turn the ashes of a person into a tree . ... Thanks to its design and manufacture, the urn provides proper germination and aids in growing a tree with a person's ashes. In this way, death becomes a transformation and return to life through nature.

Best 4 bio urns on the market today
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What a sweet way for a person's remains to be left behind.
 

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