Why Bluestem
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At Bluestem we honor the sacred in nature, the sacred in our relationships, and the sacred act of remembering our loved ones through natural burial.
Visitors and volunteers participate in the care of the land, and in the care of the community. Our interdependence and interconnectedness with land is honored and attended to as physical, emotional and spiritual nourishment. In the words of a Bluestem burial crew member "I go to Bluestem because being in the wide open country fills my soul with quiet calmness." Click here to experience more volunteer perspectives. Individuals choose conservation burial because it is a low impact choice in keeping with their values. Natural burial at Bluestem invites family and friends to craft a personal farewell that lays their beloved to rest, creates meaningful memories, and provides a lasting legacy through the permanent protection of a special place. Bluestem's NameBluestem's name is a tribute to the common and enduring native grasses found across the Piedmont of North Carolina, Schizachyrium scoparium. Throughout the seasons, these grasses maintain a symbolic presence signifying constancy, rootedness, and the restorative properties in nature.
Conservation BurialBluestem is part of a national movement growing awareness for the community benefits of conservation burial. Learn more about our colleagues, founders and members of the Conservation Burial Alliance, and visit their unique and special places when you are traveling in their vicinity. These dedicated operators and owners of conservation burial grounds (and cemeteries) around the country are as committed to conservation and green burial as we are at Bluestem.
Header photo courtesy D Bouchard.
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