Evergrove
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What kind of tree will you be?

Watercolour botanical plate of a Moreton Bay fig: a vast spreading canopy over buttressed roots.

Many of us find the end of our story jarring.

Cross-section of a cemetery: headstones and wildflowers above, a coffin sealed in the ground below.
Six feet under
A hand tipping an urn of ashes into the sea at sunset.
Ashes

We’re rewriting the ending.
What will yours be?

I became

a jacaranda

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Tell us how you want your story to end

A jacaranda in full lavender-blue bloom.

This is what our future could look like with terramation, a new option alongside burial and cremation that isn’t yet legal in Australia. Legal jurisdictions have already proved this works. Evergrove aims to be one of the first Australian providers and we’re closely examining the living memorial possibilities that terramation creates through our research and partnerships. If NSW legalisation goes through this year, we expect to be operational by 2031, though that is only an estimate at this stage.

Even if you aren’t in Australia, you can help by joining the movement and talking about how you want your story to end with your loved ones.

Learn about terramation

A note from our founder

I know it can feel uncomfortable and scary to think about what happens to us when we pass away. These feelings are normal and deeply human, I still feel them too.

It takes courage and vulnerability to look death in the face but it’s a core part of the human experience that we all share. The more we understand and talk about our stories, the less power that fear has over us and the more we can connect with each other, and ourselves.

Evergrove’s purpose is to help write stories that end with hope, meaning and dignity. As for me, I hope my story ends as a very old, happy lady who becomes a Moreton Bay Fig Tree.

I dedicate this work to all those I’ve lost, especially my mum and grandmothers. Without you, Evergrove wouldn’t exist.

— Aria

Our founder’s story