The Meadow

Owl's Head cliff, visible in the near distance, is home to peregrine falcons and a landmark on this side of the White Mountain National Forest.

The Meadow burial area is dotted with pollinator reserve areas and white pines, and several granite benches for meditative space throughout the Meadow. The Brook Trail is a short walking route that follows the Oliverian Brook from the Meadow to the Grove.
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The Meadow burial area with a view toward Owl's Head Cliff

The Grove

Our woodland burial area is a pine grove where ruffed grouse drum on fallen trunks. While planting trees on fresh graves is not feasible, burials a short distance from the pines become a source of nutrients that are drawn into the trunks.

A pine needle-covered nature trail follows the contours of the Grove, bringing visitors through the forest to the proposed site of a pavilion designed for community gatherings and ceremonies.
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The Grove area in progress as we clear burial space among the pines

The Oliverian Brook

The waters of the Oliverian Brook flow from the adjacent NH State operated flood-control reservoir toward the Connecticut River, bisecting the property. The Brook Trail follows the shoreline, providing an easy walk behind the glacial erratics to the Grove.

A footbridge wide enough to accommodate a burial party will be built to access the larger portion of the property that abuts the White Mountain National Forest. 
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Oliverian Brook, named after a Mr. Oliver, who once fell in

Glacial Erratics

Several deposits of large rocks are accessible on both sides of the property. These glacial erratics are evidence of ice sheets that carried rocks from their original source until the ice melted sufficiently for the rocks to imbed in a new location. Fern, moss, and lichen find a home on and around the rocks, contributing to this unique ecosystem. Some of the rock formations are reminiscent of ancient standing stones that signaled sacred spaces in nature.
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Glacial erratics are scattered on both sides of the brook

Botanical, Wildlife, and Bird Studies

During the summer and fall of 2025, a botanical study revealed more than 100 species of flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and grasses, plus more than 50 varieties of shrubs, vines, and trees.

​More than 150 species of birds have been observed and documented so far, plus all the usual wildlife suspects: black bear, moose, deer, beaver, fox, bobcat, coyote, mink, ermine, muskrat, otter, porcupine, snakes, frogs, salamanders, and turtles.
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Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea, one of more than 100 species of flowering plants growing on the property, and the other namesake of the burial ground

safeguarding ecological integrity through natural burial