Natural Burial Costs

Choosing natural burial at Bluestem honors your or your loved one’s memory and supports the permanent protection, restoration and operation of our 87 acres.

Every person choosing to be buried at Bluestem purchases an interment right. They are then accompanied by Bluestem staff to select and reserve a spot in our forest, grassland or woodland edge natural burial areas. Interment rights are arranged by appointment only. 

COSTS FOR BURIAL AT BLUESTEM
Full-Body Green Burial            $5200
Ash Burial                                 $2200

Burial costs consist of two elements:
 

• The Interment Right is like a reservation, ensuring the opportunity for you to be buried at Bluestem. It includes the grave marker, gravestone, cemetery registry; and a contribution to Bluestem’s perpetual care fund and land conservation fund. Two people may be buried in the same natural burial plot, each purchasing their own interment rights. Your right is purchased upfront.

• The Burial Fees cover the selection of a gravesite, preparing the conservation area, opening the grave and readying it for burial, use of Bluestem for services, support closing the grave, and the notice of burial. These fees are paid at the time of burial.

Here's a breakdown of the costs:

Full-Body Natural Burial: $5,200
Interment Rights: $4,000
Fees: $1,200
 
Ash Burial: $2,200
Interment Rights: $1,700
Fees: $500

Burial plans can be made ahead of time (future planning) or at the time of death (immediate-need). Click here to read more about how to plan for green burial.

While our priority is human burial, arrangements can be made for natural pet burial in an owner's paid plot. Please contact one of our co-directors, Heidi Hannapel or Jeff Masten, to discuss your options.

We’re here when you’re ready to talk about natural burial at Bluestem.

SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT

Interment Rights and Burial Fees are reviewed annually by Bluestem Community’s Council of Stewards.
​Current rates and fees will hold through 12/31/24.