Basket Coffin

[shylock73]

This afternoon whilst driving home a hearse came along in the opposite direction with a basketwork coffin it. Are these made just for Cremation?

[bednobs]

no, i went to a burial with a beautiful whicker coffin before

[weeal]

ooh never heard of that, http://www.uk-funerals.co.uk/wicker-coffins.ht ml

[Ethel]

Green funerals and woodland burials are becoming increasingly popular

http://www.uk-funerals.co.uk/green-funerals.ht ml

[masma]

My sister was buried in a whicker coffin 10 years ago, the lid was laced on with a rope.

[Bathsheba]

A friend of mine was cremated in a wicker coffin last year.
Gotta say it looked like a laundry basket- it had ribbons + bows on it.

[Ice.Maiden]

As the others say, green funerals/coffins are probably the best way. You can have them entwined with flowers, and instead of a headstone etc., you can have a tree planted instead (with a plaque to mark the person's resting place in some cases). if I can't have the arrangements I'd like, then this'd be my second choice.

[saxy_jag]

A friend of mine had a cardboard coffin, but it looked very sturdy and stylish, with a tasteful oak veneer finish on the outside.

The friend had a woodland burial, and I'm told cardboard coffins (and probably whicker now) are the norm for this, as the material decomposes more quickly. I didn't go to the burial, only the church service, but I'm told woodland burials are shallower than standard burials as a shallower grave allows more oxygen to enter the coffin and thus helps the remains to decompose more quickly.

[Velvetee]

Are they cheaper?

[Ice.Maiden]

Yes, they are Velvetee.

[Velvetee]

Do you know how much Ice? I think I'd like one. I wonder if they come in a variety of colours.

[Meg]

You can have a coffin made from banana leaves, more enviromentally friendly! . Husband works in funerals so I get these obscure bits of info.

[eyeshade]

What a laugh Eddie! I know an Eddie down the pub, its not you is it?? Do you feel ill at all?

[LoftyLottie]

Cardboard coffin and cremation for me at Woodland site near here. No service, just a favourite piece of music. My mother who is nearly 90 wants the same.

[Ethel]

Cremation and woodland site don't sit together, somehow.

[LoftyLottie]

Oh and yes I want a tree planted and my ashes scattered round it to help it on it's way.

[LoftyLottie]

Can't bear the thought of burial Ethel and besides the ashes are good for fertiliser.

[Ethel]

Oh - woodland burials are considered very 'green' and eco-friendly which cremations certainly aren't.

[LoftyLottie]

Have a real fear of being buried Ethel, so it will have to be a compromise. Our family tradition has always been for cremations and very low key affairs.

[Ethel]

I have no problem with cremation. :)