The natural burial meadow is a haven of peace and natural beauty. Wide open landscape with long views and big skies. A place of escape, away from it all...
13/09/2025
✨ Happy Positive Thinking Day! ✨
Today is all about focusing on the good and letting optimism shine. 💛 A positive mindset can brighten even the cloudiest day, and nature has a way of helping us find that peace. 🌿
Take a moment to step outside, breathe deeply, and reflect on the beauty around you. Let’s fill today with kindness, gratitude, and a little extra positivity. 🌞
What’s one thing you’re grateful for today? Share it in the comments! 💚
02/09/2025
An amazing collection of vehicles and motorbikes formed a guard of honour at Nick’s Burial this afternoon 🚘 🏍️ 🚘🏍️🚘🏍️
26/08/2025
🐶 Happy National Dog Day
Dogs bring us so much comfort, especially during life’s most difficult moments. Their quiet companionship, loyalty, and love are often exactly what we need as we navigate grief and remembrance.
At Aylesbury Vale Natural Burial Meadow, we understand the special role dogs play in our lives. That’s why well-behaved dogs on leads are always welcome to walk beside you.
Whether you're visiting a loved one, walking in quiet reflection, or simply enjoying nature, we hope this peaceful space brings comfort to both you and your four-legged companions. 🐕
18/08/2025
🌿 Let’s talk about greenwashing in the funeral industry.
More and more people are looking for eco-friendly funerals, which is a positive shift that reflects growing awareness of our impact on the planet.
But with that demand has come confusion. Some services marketed as “green” may not be as sustainable as they seem. This is known as greenwashing, when environmental claims are exaggerated or misleading.
At Aylesbury Vale Natural Burial Meadow, we’re committed to full transparency and genuine sustainability. No shortcuts, no greenwashing, just a peaceful return to the earth.
In our latest blog, we gently explore what greenwashing looks like in the funeral industry, how to spot it, and what to look for in a truly natural burial.
Learn how to spot greenwashing in funerals and what to look for in a truly natural burial. A simple, honest guide from Leedam.
16/08/2025
🐝 A place where bees still hum, wildflowers bloom, and nature is never far away.
Today we celebrate World Honey Bee Day, and all the quiet pollinators that help our landscape thrive.
At Aylesbury Vale Natural Burial Meadow, we care for the land so it can care for others, from people to pollinators. 🌼
11/07/2025
🌿 Plastic Free July is here
In our natural burials, we never use plastic. No synthetic linings, no plastic caskets, just simple, sustainable materials that return gently to the earth. 🌎
This July, we're proud to stand alongside the movement to reduce plastic waste, not just in life, but in how we honour life, too.
Delighted to meet Joanna & her customer built long wheelbase Landrover Defender hearse used for Paul’s burial yesterday ⚰️💐🦋
22/06/2025
The beautiful grave created by Joyce’s family for her Ashes Interment yesterday, at our Burial Meadow 🌹💐🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼
16/06/2025
🌼 It’s Pollinator Week!
A time to celebrate the bees, butterflies and insects that quietly keep life going.
At Aylesbury Vale natural burial ground, we protect their habitats by letting wildflowers grow, avoiding pesticides, and mowing less. It’s a gentle way of giving back to the land and all who depend on it.
Because when nature thrives, so do we. 🌼
12/06/2025
🌿 A Place to Return To
There’s something comforting about knowing you can return.
Our natural burial ground is not just a final resting place, it is a place to walk, reflect, and stay connected.
Whether it’s visiting on a quiet afternoon, hearing birdsong, or watching the seasons shift, we often hear how much it means to have somewhere peaceful to come back to.
🌼 A gentle alternative. A place to remember.
08/06/2025
A few years ago, I transplanted some white cotton grass from the farm pond. It has grown so much that the pond was choking. Thanks to the wonderful James of the pond can breathe again and the water lillies are resplendent once more.Thank you James for saving our pond 🪷 🐸 🦆 🦋
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In 2012 Sally called us at Leedam Natural Burials on behalf of her mother Dorothy:
“We own a lovely field in rolling countryside with excellent views towards the Chiltern Hills in the middle of Buckinghamshire, which we feel would be an excellent site for a natural burial ground...”
Soon afterwards, I had the pleasure of meeting Sally and Dorothy at Meadle and after a meeting around the farmhouse kitchen table (and a lively introduction to the peacocks, dogs and cats), we visited ‘Long Furlong’ as the meadow is known, for the first time. I could immediately see why this spot had been chosen. The gently rising ground of the meadow has long-ranging views across the flatlands of Aylesbury Vale and fine views of the Chiltern escarpment. It had that special something that every natural burial ground needs. A sense of place; a reason to be there.
Dorothy Brock and her daughter Sally impressed me too. The land has been in their family for generations and they are, to use a farming term, hefted to the land. Straight-talking, no-nonsense, warm and enthusiastic, we shook hands that afternoon and began to make things happen.
Dorothy Brock and her family have created the natural burial ground in Aylesbury as you see it now, with the lightest of touches, and with a great understanding and knowledge of the indigenous plant life and animals. The pond, in particular, planted with wild plants from other ponds on the farm has created a wonderfully rich new habitat for wildlife.
Sadly Dorothy died on 20th January 2017 and took up her place in the meadow on 3rd February 2017 - a truly remarkable woman whose vision for the land and natural meadow burials has become a reality.
Sally now manages the burial ground with her husband Craig, cousin Howard and Paul. Between them, they have planted the hedges and trees, planted wildflowers and pond-plants, managed and maintained the land and have been the welcoming people that everyone meets when they visit or attend a funeral. It is tremendous to hear from Sally that this is the best ‘job’ she has ever had, and it shows in the way that the meadow is so popular and so well cared for.
