Welcome to Humber Woodland of Remembrance, the first green burial ground in Herefordshire

Upcoming Funeral Dates

5th November 1pm. 7th November 11am. 13th November 11am. 15th November 11.30am.

Please note: There is no office onsite at Humber Woodland. Please call 01568 760443 or 07977 102783 to make an appointment.

Sturdy shoes are recommended when visiting Humber Woodland, it is a field.

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Wreath Making 2024, 7th December.

Humber Woodland wreath making

Wildflowers

Humber Woodland is now covered with Oxeye Daisies

‘Woodland Burial’ by Pam Ayres

Don’t lay me in some gloomy churchyard shaded by a wall
Where the dust of ancient bones has spread a dryness over all,
Lay me in some leafy loam where, sheltered from the cold
Little seeds investigate and tender leaves unfold.
There kindly and affectionately, plant a native tree
To grow resplendent before God and hold some part of me.

The roots will not disturb me as they wend their peaceful way
To build the fine and bountiful, from closure and decay.
To seek their small requirements so that when their work is done
I’ll be tall and standing strongly in the beauty of the sun.

Reproduced by kind permission of Pam Ayres, from her book Surgically Enhanced