Archives for February 2018

The Fascinating Cultural Trend of “Wish Trees”

What is a Wishing Tree? Trees serve as spiritual teachers of sorts, and both humans and wildlife are attracted to them for the refuge they provide. An interesting thing to consider is how cultures across the world form various traditions related to nature. Take for instance, a wishing tree. A wishing tree is essentially an […]

Redwood: Symbolism, Information and Planting Instructions

Redwoods are trees of immense beauty, and physical stature. Dawn Redwood, also commonly known as “metaseqouia” is a living fossil. In fact, it was believed to be an extinct tree which was known to have lived more than 150 million years ago in the Northern Hemisphere, until once again being found alive in China in […]

How Our Dead Family Pet Became A Tree

Recently, we came across a beautiful post written by Ben Lee entitled “How Our Dead Family Pet Became A Tree.” In this post written by Ben, he details his and his family’s experience of losing their beloved 13 year old Pekingese, and how they handled the process of what came next, especially with their children. […]

Pre-Planning: How to Add The Bios Urn To Your End of Life Plans

At the bottom of this post you can download your very own Bios Urn Pre-Planning form to include in your arrangements. In this post, we will detail how you can pre-plan with the Bios Urn. To think about life, also entails thinking about the end of life. We hope that in our efforts to normalize […]