On Salt Spring Island, B.C., serving the Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island and the mainland of B.C.

The Salt Spring Island Natural Cemetery was created to protect and conserve 14 acres of threatened Douglas Fir Coastal forest. This is Canada’s first Certified Conservation Burial ground open to the public.

A licenced burial site and forest memorial offering a place for remembering, contemplating and celebrating life and death. Choosing to be buried or scattered in this cemetery helps to preserve and protect acres of forested land in the Burgoyne Valley on Salt Spring Island.

A natural burial supports the natural environment at all levels so that future generations will enjoy old growth forests. Memorializing our people reminds us that we are a part of something greater than just ourselves; that we are a part of this universe through past present and future.

Who we are, who we were, who we will be is connected to all life and the timelessness of the universe.