Tennessee's first conservation burial ground sits on 112 acres of former farmland along the highland rim, across the road from the Nature Conservancy's Taylor Hollow, one of the most biodiverse woods in the South. Larkspur donated the easement to the Conservancy, so the meadows and hollows cannot be developed. Burials use no embalming chemicals, plastics, metals or concrete; the preserve is open to visitors from dawn to dusk every day, and the nonprofit runs a library and learning centre in Nashville for workshops on end of life care and grief.
Staff coordinate directly with the funeral home a family chooses, help select a site in person or remotely, and prepare the grave. Nashville is about forty miles away by back roads, and the ground is steep in places: mobility needs should be raised early, because not every site can be reached easily. A second preserve of 170 acres in Hickman County is being funded.
Address: Westmoreland, TN, Bear Carr Road, Sumner County
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