Secure 20% off your memorial tree near Lake Arrowhead
A more beautiful resting place
Continue the cycle of life when your ashes are mixed with soil and returned to the base of your tree.
A personal memorial ceremony
Your forest steward will help shape a memorial ceremony that reflects your unique personality.
A legacy of protected landscapes
Your memorial helps conserve open spaces and reforest America.
What is the Memorial Trees for Heroes program?
Their “Memorial Trees for Heroes” initiative gives frontline heroes a serene resting place, a personalized memorial service and a legacy of conservation. The company is first offering memorial trees from its protected coastal Mendocino County forest, where families of fallen frontline workers across the country may enroll to reserve a tree. The Memorial Trees for Heroes initiative provides up to $1 million worth of memorial trees to healthcare providers, caregivers and first responder professionals who gave their lives in the fight against COVID-19 at no cost.
The offer aims to give frontline heroes the legacy reflective of the brave sacrifice they’ve made and to help provide some solace for grieving families and loved ones. Funeral and memorial planning can be an incredibly stressful and expensive endeavor. The average traditional burial costs around $8,755, and we hope to ease the burden and cost of planning a memorial for your hero.
It’s our small way of saying thank you for your hero’s incredible service to our country.
What is Better Place Forests?
Better Place Forests offers private memorial trees in a protected conservation memorial forest. Ashes are mixed with soil and returned to the base of the tree during a personalized memorial ceremony, where a customized bronze memorial marker is placed. To learn more about the process, click here. Memorial trees offer frontline heroes a peaceful resting place, a personalized memorial service and a legacy of conservation.
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Our serene coastal California forest features stunning views of the Pacific Ocean.
Point Arena, California
Where are the memorial trees located?
We’ll begin by offering trees to frontline heroes in our coastal California forest in Mendocino county.
To serve areas most impacted by COVID-19, we are seeking to expand to heavily impacted states like New York.
We want to help covid19 impacted areas
FAQs
Can I apply if I don’t live in California?
Yes the Memorial Trees for Heroes is for healthcare providers, caregivers, and first response professionals across America.
The timeline for memorial services in Point Arena is subject to shelter-in-place guidelines for the State of California, Mendocino County, and Better Place Forests. As soon as we are able, we will open the forest to visitors and begin scheduling Memorial Ceremonies. We are happy to begin the planning process with you in advance of opening the forest.
When will a ceremony take place?
Better Place Forests purchases beautiful forest land and conserves it for future generations. We offer private memorial trees in a protected memorial conservation forest. Ashes are mixed with soil and returned to the base of the tree during a personalized memorial ceremony. A customized bronze memorial marker is placed at the tree marking the location.
How does Better Place Forests work?
We would be happy to put you in touch with an Advisor who can tell you more about purchasing a memorial tree.
What if I don’t qualify but am interested in a memorial tree with Better Place Forests?
We are reviewing applications as quickly as possible and will aim to reach out to you within 48 hours of your submission. For those who qualify, we’ll answer any questions you have and discuss the details of selecting a memorial tree for your hero.
When and how will I be contacted?
We will need a death certificate and verification of your hero’s occupation and place of employment. The customer care team will review documentation requirements with you in detail on their call.
What documentation do you require?
If you have land you would like to dedicate to the program, we’d love to be in touch. Fill out this form and a member of our real estate team will reach out.
Do you own forestland you’d like to dedicate to frontline heroes?
How it works
Our mission is to inspire everyone to leave a meaningful legacy for the planet and the people they love. We support families in their end of life arrangements while conserving and protecting natural areas.
Leave a legacy of trees
Your ashes are placed beneath a private tree in a peaceful, protected forest where your loved ones can visit and remember you. Your memorial also helps conserve open spaces and reforest America through our partnership with nonprofit One Tree Planted.
Return to the earth naturally 1 hour west of Big Bear
You’re on the list! You’ll be the first to know when we open our Berkshires property.
Bringing Better Place Forests to Lake Arrowhead
Coming October 13th – a beautiful 50-acre forest in the San Bernardino Mountains, located just 15 minutes from picturesque Lake Arrowhead.
This mountaintop property features expansive views from Mt. San Gorgonio to the Pacific Ocean. Native tree species include the beloved ponderosa pine, sugar pine, black oak, and white fir. Peaceful and picturesque, this wilderness is home to a rich variety of fauna, including birds and deer, as well as lush and diverse plant life, and offers glorious views to visitors throughout the seasons.
We couldn’t be more excited to help preserve this iconic California landscape and offer families a peaceful sanctuary to reflect and remember their loved ones.
Coming October 13th – a beautiful 50-acre forest in the San Bernardino Mountains, located just 15 minutes from picturesque Lake Arrowhead.
Featuring glorious mountaintop views from Mt. San Gorgonio to the Pacific Ocean, we’re honored to help preserve this iconic California landscape and offer families a peaceful sanctuary to reflect and remember their loved ones.
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Visit the forest this fall
Your name inscribed in the founders memorial
I love the idea that Better Place Forests will help protect this property and its natural beauty for generations to come. Litchfield Hills is known for its lush greenery and iconic, open spaces, and I’m inspired knowing that this forest will offer such a peaceful way for the families and friends of our community to memorialize one’s life.
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A more meaningful and affordable resting place
“Not only is a traditional service roughly twice the cost, but you’re very limited on what you get out of it.”
Hear more about why Spencer chose Better Place Forests for his late wife, Sheila, in the video below.
The news is spreading
The news is spreading
“It’s good for the environment, the location is more beautiful than a traditional graveyard, and it’s cheaper as well.”
“As opposed to going to a cemetery and going back each year to grieve the loss of a loved one…going to a forest and being in that peaceful place, I think that’s a great idea.”
“Approved by the San Bernardino County Fire Department, Better Place Forests’ forest management plan allows [you] to reserve a beautiful and permanently protected tree to return ashes to the earth.”
A more meaningful and affordable resting place
“Not only is a traditional service roughly twice the cost, but you’re very limited on what you get out of it.”
Hear more about why Spencer chose Better Place Forests for his late wife, Sheila, in the video below.
See why thousands have chosen trees not tombstones
Your ashes are placed beneath a private tree in a peaceful forest where your loved ones can visit and remember you.
A more beautiful resting place
Continue the cycle of life when your ashes are mixed with soil and returned to the base of your tree.
A personal memorial ceremony
Your forest steward will help shape a memorial ceremony that reflects your unique personality.
A legacy of protected landscapes
Your memorial helps conserve open spaces and reforest America.
How much does a Better Place Forrest tree memorial cost?
Pricing starts at $4,900, and is based on several factors, including: location, setting (views, water features, etc.), tree species and size, and the number of spreading rights. The average burial, plot, and headstone costs around $15,000 per person. We offer a range of prices for any budget — at less than half the cost of a traditional burial.
Where is the forest located?
Our newest forest in Southern California is located just 15 minutes west of Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino mountain town Twin Peaks. It's a 1.5 hours drive from downtown Los Angeles on the scenic Rim of the World Highway.
When will the forest be open for tours and ceremonies?
We will be opening online forest tours in fall 2021. Early supporters will be given first access to in-person tours in the fall of 2021. We're targeting 2022 to open the forest for ceremonies.
Can I spread my pets’ ashes around my memorial tree?
Yes! We view pets as part of the family and encourage the inclusion of pets in your memorial.
FAQs
Secure 20% savings with a fully refundable $95 deposit
Visit the forest this fall
20% off your tree
Your name on the founders memorial
Jump to the front of the line! Get early supporter benefits with your fully refundable $95 deposit
Visit the forest this fall
20% off your tree
Your name inscribed in the founders memorial
20% off your tree
First pick of trees
Your name on the founders memorial
FAQs
How much does a Better Place Forests tree memorial cost?
Pricing starts at $4,900, and is based on several factors, including: location, setting (views, water features, etc.), tree species and size, and the number of spreading rights. The average burial, plot, and headstone costs around $15,000 per person. We offer a range of prices for any budget — at less than half the cost of a traditional burial.
When will the forest be open for tours and ceremonies?
We will be opening online forest tours October 13th, 2021. Early supporters will be given first access to in-person tours in the fall of 2021. We're targeting 2022 to open the forest for ceremonies.
Yes! We view pets as part of the family and encourage the inclusion of pets in your memorial.
Can I spread my pets’ ashes around my memorial tree?
Where is the forest located?
Our newest forest in Southern California is located just 15 minutes west of Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino mountains. 1 hour west of Big Bear, it's a scenic drive along the Rim of the World Highway.
