Pennsylvania's first exclusively green cemetery has been burying people since 2011 on roughly 32 acres in Penn Hills, thirteen miles from downtown Pittsburgh, bordered by Plum Creek a mile above the Allegheny River. About a third of the ground is kept as habitat rather than burial space. No vaults are used, only biodegradable coffins or shrouds, and there is a Jewish burial grove sanctified for traditional practice as well as woodland sites among mature trees.
The pricing page separates burial rights from interment fees and lists the extras, with monthly plans running one to three years for families who need them. Tents and chairs come at no charge, Sunday burials carry no surcharge, and staff work with any funeral home. Two practical notes: the mailing address on Kansas Street differs from the Colorado Street entrance used by satellite navigation, and new sections are opened in batches, so choice depends on timing.
Address: Verona, PA, 121 Colorado Street
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