The not-for-profit organizatiobn Connecticut Green Burial Grounds was dissolved in early 2025. Until then it had been a 501c3  organization.

This site is no longer associated with CGBG. It remains online as a public service provided by Glenn Cheney.

Green burial, or natural burial, is the practice of burying the deceased to promote  the decomposition of the body and ease its natural cycling back into the ecosystem. The body is not embalmed with any nonbiodegrable chemicals. The casket or shroud is of biodegradable materials, without paints, glues, synthetic fabric. The gravesite is typically mowed only once a year, at most, to maintain a meadow condition.

If you would like to read Glenn Cheney's book The Merry Burial Compendium, you can read excerpts and order it here.