Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in Mills River offers a place for people to bury their loved ones or scatter their ashes, in harmony with nature. On Oct. 2, the sanctuary donated a permanent conservation easement to Conserving Carolina, which assures that this burial ground will remain a beautiful natural environment forever. […]
Read MoreBlueRidgeNow: ‘Stories of the Land: Returning to the Earth’
Source: BlueRidgeNowWritten By: Rose Jenkins LanePublish Date: August 26, 2018Featuring: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Caroline Yongue, Conservation Burial Caroline Yongue had taken on the task of creating a conservation burial ground in Mills River, but the land was an impenetrable mass of weeds: hundreds of young Bradford pear trees, poison ivy […]
Read MoreOnly In NC: ‘There’s no other cemetery in North Carolina as unique as this one’
Source: Only In Your State Written By: Robin Jarvis Published: August 6, 2018 Featured: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary There is a movement that’s been sweeping America in recent years, and surprisingly, it began in our neighbor and sister state, South Carolina. It’s a burial practice that doesn’t involve harsh chemicals, or […]
Read MoreMountain Xpress: ‘Seniors hesitant to engage in end-of-life conversations’
Source: Mountain Xpress Written By: Monroe Spivey Publish Date: May 18, 2018 Our Director, Caroline Yongue, was recently interviewed for an article published by the Mountain XPress. Here is the start of the article: Asheville resident Sharon Evans, 66, had an unexpected brush with death five years ago. “I was cooking […]
Read MoreAsheville Citizen Times – Three feet under: Asheville is a hub for green burial
Source: Asheville Citizen Times Written By: Emily Patrick Carol Motley would stop at funeral homes and say she was dying. She was in her 20s then — about 20 years ago — and she was conducting market research for her cardboard coffin company. She wasn’t terminally ill, but the allusion to death gave her […]
Read MoreMountain XPress: ‘Dying with a plan: Do not go unprepared into that good night’
Caroline Yongue was recently interviewed for an article published by the Mountain XPress. Here is the start of the article. Spoiler alert: You’re going to die. You already know that, but how much preparation for the inevitable have you made? Living in Buncombe County, we can expect to live for […]
Read MoreMountain Xpress: In Asheville and beyond, death is a topic worthy of the living
Carolina Memorial Sanctuary and Center for End Of Life Transitions are both mentioned in this article from Mountain Xpress: Until he cared for his dying daughter two years ago, Said Osio could not have imagined having a conversation about death. As her caregiver, he realized, “There is a belief in our […]
Read MoreAsheville Citizen Times – Carolina Memorial Sanctuary: Natural burials
Source: Asheville Citizen Times Written By: Joanne O’Sullivan Publish Date: April 25, 2016 Once choked with invasive plants, a long, narrow stretch of rolling land in Mills River is undergoing a surprising restoration. Carolina Memorial Sanctuary is a peaceful place, but its aim is a bit revolutionary: to bring back […]
Read MoreBlude Ridge Now: Memorial sanctuary offers ‘green’ burial in Mills River
Published: March 13, 2016 Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, situated on a little over 11 acres of rolling hills in Mills River, is a new site for anyone interested in natural burial for themselves or their pet to consider. By Beth De Bona Times-News Staff Writer Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, situated on a […]
Read MoreMountain XPress: Eco-friendly dying offers a new way to cross over
Mountain Xpress article featuring our director Caroline Yongue, and our provider of eco-friendly cardboard coffins, Carol Motley from Mourning Dove Studios/Bury Me Naturally. Publish Date: October 27, 2015 As the spirits of our ancestors fill the air and the brain-eating undead of zombie movies entertain us this Halloween, consider […]
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