NYT > Climate and Environment Life After Death: Americaβs Cemeteries Are Rewilding By: Cara Buckley 29 November 2024 at 05:02 SummarizeKey MomentsMore burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic. Β© Bing Guan for The New York TimesGreen-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is among the earliest cemeteries in the country to be modeled after rural landscapes, and to serve as an urban park.
NYT > Science Life After Death: Americaβs Cemeteries Are Rewilding By: Cara Buckley 29 November 2024 at 05:02 SummarizeKey MomentsMore burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic. Β© Bing Guan for The New York TimesGreen-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is among the earliest cemeteries in the country to be modeled after rural landscapes, and to serve as an urban park.