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WINDSOR MILL, Md. (OSV News) — From the rural road in Windsor Mill, a small sign and a gravel driveway mark the entrance to Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and Arboretum. It doesn’t look much like a cemetery from the roadway, since there are no gates or raised headstones.
Located near the city of Baltimore, the cemetery had been a corn farm but had sat stagnant for three decades or more. The land has been family-owned since 1965. In 2023, the Berg brothers — Richard, David and Howard — completed five years of working with the community and local civic leaders to open Serenity Ridge as the first cemetery dedicated to only natural burials in Maryland.
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Located near the city of Baltimore, the cemetery had been a corn farm but had sat stagnant for three decades or more. The land has been family-owned since 1965. In 2023, the Berg brothers — Richard, David and Howard — completed five years of working with the community and local civic leaders to open Serenity Ridge as the first cemetery dedicated to only natural burials in Maryland.
What is natural burial?
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This cemetery is Maryland's first to offer only natural burials
Maryland's first natural burial cemetery, Serenity Ridge, provides a green and intimate burial option, allowing families to return loved ones to the earth without embalming or vaults.
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