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Biodegradable Urns - Penrose Funerals

Our biodegradable urns have been designed for a range of specialised purposes. Please read the brief description with each urn to see which one is best for you.

Bios Urn

Made from cellulose and natural fibres this urn is designed for growing a memorial tree in a garden or large pot. You can choose from Beech, English Oak, Norway Maple or Ginkgo Biloba and grow a lasting memory of your loved one.

£95
Nu Urn

This beautiful, pure white urn is made of saline and natural components. Fully water soluble the urn will dissolve in 5 to 10 minutes when cast into the sea.

£150
Olea Urn

This urn, made of crushed olive pips and naturally coloured kiwi, can be used in the ground or in water. It can be safely interred in the ground and the lid can be replaced with a sapling of your choice for a memorial tree. It can also be dropped into fresh or salt water where it will sink directly to the bottom and dissolve in 5 or 10 minutes.

£150
Samsara Urn

The Samsara Urn is made of sand with minute amounts of sea salt and bound with plant extracts. Fully soluble and biodegradable, this urn will sink to the bottom and dissolve quickly in both the sea and fresh water.

£150
Nature Urn

This fully biodegradable urn is provided free of charge with all of our funeral packages. Available in Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Natural, Red and White these urns can safely store ashes for up to ten years and can be safely interred in a garden or cemetery where it will dissolve and release the ashes into the soil.

£40

Testimonials

To everybody at Penrose,

We are writing to you to express our gratitude and thankfulness for all your help during our sad time. You gave Alan a beautiful send off, he would have thought so himself also!

We are very thankful we were recommended to you.

Very best wishes

Anne, Katrina, Rachael and Hannah - February 2025

To all at Penrose,

Thank you so much for your wonderful service and looking after mum so well.

Many thanks, Beryl Murray’s family

Les, Denise and Jane xx - July 2023

To everyone at Penrose,

I can’t begin to thank you enough for all your kindness that you showed to me and my family

Kay Dare and all the Family - July 2022

Dear all,

We would like to thank you for all the care and attention you gave towards our relative Eva Wright recently. You were all most respectful at all times and we greatly appreciated your help before, during and after the funeral. We are also very impressed with the quality of the recordings of the service and in these times it will be greatly valued by the family and friends.

Thank you once again

Sally and Andy on behalf of Steven Wright and family - October 2020

Nathan and all the team,

This is our third funeral with you – you are so dependable and cover all the boxes! Thank you for all your kindness and support.

Much love

Kay and Mandy -

To Brendon and all staff,

A quick note to thank you all for your care and attention with my sister’s funeral. Everything worked like clockwork and the deepest respect was given to both us and my sister. The webcam worked perfectly and my remaining sister was able to watch and say goodbye to her twin.

Again, many thanks for all that you did for us.

Paul and Paula Ch….. - July 2023

To Nathan, Brendan and staff at Penrose Funeral Directors,

On behalf of myself, Marie, Jim, Alice, Ronnie and Maggie we would like to send our heartfelt appreciation for your support during our most difficult time in arranging our lovely mum’s funeral. Your support was just want we needed to get through and all of you were amazing, especially Nathan and Brendan.

Mum had the most beautiful send off anyone could wish for and we as a family would have been lost without you all. Nothing was ever too much trouble.

Once again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts xxx

Regards

Mary Docherty’s family - February 2023
Dear Jon
It was great to meet you today and thank you so much for making the experience so lovely. Especially I want to thank you as you made things so much easier for Mum, and she really came away with a positive attitude towards this.
Janine T. - October 2025
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