I can't see why it should cause a problem Cammomile, just mix the ashes in with the compost before planting the shrub or tree.

Pretty inert stuff, I'd say, despite its former content (and I don't mean offence), and fine. Be sure to choose the right pot and plant for the long term.

Thank you both, that's the idea, to have something growing near you to remember your loved ones by, especially if they loved a certain plant or shrub.

half my dad's ashes were scattered on the garden at his sister's house the rest on the sea. after all we us fb&b to help the garden. wont do any harm.
You asked the question well camomile :o)

Thank you.

A friend of mine told me yesterday that he is going to a tree burial. When I asked him what that was he told me that they bury them at the foot of a tree, this gives something back to nature in the form of nutrients to the tree and it's a peaceful place for the interred to rest. I've never heard of that before but what a good idea.

The good thing is that if you were to inter someones ashes under a tree, whenever you looked at that tree it would always remind you of them.

That is a good idea. There has to eventually be no space for burials in the normal way and its a very "green" idea. I rather like the idea of being amongst the trees.

Check out green burial sites Cammomile - that is where Bulba and I plan to be planted :-) A lovely one near the river Spey about 25 miles south of where we live.

There are a couple of natural burial grounds near meas well.

I might check it out Moon but I don't plan to 'check out' just yet!!

Me neither but we do intend to book plots for the two of us so we know exactly where our bodies will be.

It's a lovely idea and so much better than filling council cemeteries with slabs of marble.

Ashes are inert - neither harmful nor particularly beneficial. The point of 'green' burial is that a tree is planted as a memorial. Doing this in your own garden is obviously a much more personal matter and means that you can chose a camellia that you mother loved, whereas the green burial grounds usually limit you to a choice of native trees/shrubs.