Memory Forest Expands its Presence into the Pacific Northwest by Partnering with Herland Forest

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Memory Forest®, a new type of cemetery where a tree, shrub, or flowers can be planted and cared for as it grows from a Living Urn® containing a loved one's cremated remains and where ashes can be scattered or buried at a beautiful setting, is excited to announce that its parent company, Biolife, LLC, has reached an agreement with Herland Forest located near Portland, Oregon to serve as the first Memory Forest location in the Pacific Northwest.

Mark Brewer, Biolife's President, commented, "We've been exploring various opportunities to expand into Washington and Oregon over the past year and we're extremely excited to reach an agreement with Herland Forest - a beautiful natural burial ground and non-profit dedicated to the preservation of the environment. Families reach out to us daily who love the idea of a memorial in nature, but who don't have a special place in mind to either have a tree memorial or bury or scatter a loved one's ashes - they want a permanent site where they can do this. We're excited that the Herland Forest now provides a great option for families in the Pacific Northwest."

Brewer continues, "People are taking a fresh look at how they want to be memorialized after they pass. Over 75 million baby boomers will reach their average life expectancy over the next 25 years, and more than half of Americans who pass are now choosing cremation instead of burial. With Memory Forest and The Living Urn, along with Herland Forest and our many other Memory Forest locations nationwide, we're catering to this movement and providing an uplifting option and everything a person needs to preserve a natural space with their cremated remains. We're giving people the ability to give back after they pass and also create a living memorial at a place of their choosing – we think that's a beautiful thing."

President and Trustee of Herland Forest, Walt Patrick, added, "Enhanced natural burial is the gold standard for environmentally friendly end-of-life options. When a family commits The Living Urn to the earth in the forest, they gain the legacy of a permanent final resting place and the assurance that it will enrich the forest habitat in perpetuity."

To learn more about Herland Forest, or to find a Memory Forest® location near you, visit MemoryForest.org

About Memory Forest®

Memory Forest™ is committed to replacing tombstones with plants, and cemeteries with nature. With its exclusive partnerships with leading cemeteries and memorial gardens throughout the U.S. and The Living Urn®, America's leading bio urn and planting system, Memory Forest® provides families with beautiful, tranquil resting places to have a memory tree planted and cared or ashes scattered at a special location. To learn more, visit MemoryForest.org and TheLivingUrn.com

About Herland Forest

The Herland Forest Natural Burial Cemetery is located on the eastern edge of the Cascadian wilderness where wetland Douglas fir gives way to dryland Ponderosa pine among century-old oak trees. A permaculture forest, Herland is home to a wide variety of tree types that provide shelter and food to birds, bees, owls, squirrels, and deer aplenty. The graves are planted with tulips, daffodils, lilies, and saffron, and are surrounded by a diversity of wildflowers that only grow in the transition zone where the wet and dry highlands meet on a wild strawberry landscape. To learn more, visit MemoryForest.org and HerlandForest.org.

Media Contact

Steve Hensley, Biolife, LLC, (800) 495-7022, [email protected]

SOURCE Memory Forest