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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 all the team at Penrose,

Thankyou so much for the dignified way that you conducted my husband’s funeral. It was all I could have wished for under difficult circumstances.

Also for the kind and caring attitude you all had towards myself and my family,

Thank you once again,

Frances Curtis - January 2021

Thank you all at Penrose for the care and support you gave us for my wife Amanda. The funeral was so beautiful!
Again, a Big Thank you

Many Regards

Peter Kirby - Feb 2024

To all at Penrose Funerals,

Just to let you know how much your kindness means, a huge thanks, you done us all proud. I cannot speak highly enough of you all. On behalf of ‘Doris Davis’ (service 30th Jan 2020 @ 1.40pm) we thank you from our hearts.

Kind regards,

Tracey Williams, Keith and family - February 2020
Dear all at Penrose,
just to say a big thankyou for all the arrangements you did for my Mum’s funeral, Greta Bower. It’s good to know that in this day and age there are people who can organise and do things correctly, with care and compassion.
Once again thankyou for everything.
Regards,
Ian and Family - Feb 2021

We just wanted to say thank you for the care you gave my late father, Albert Wells. You were all truly amazing at a very difficult time, you showed my wonderful dad great respect all times. You also made all aspects of organising my father’s funeral easy and fuss free.

Thank you all so much

Michelle, Maureen, Paul and family - May 2022

To all at Penrose Funerals,

From all our family, thank you for the care and organisation for Ronald Steel’s Funeral on 15th Jan. You all did a fantastic job and it made things a lot easier.

Best wishes

Lucy McIntyre - January 2021
Dear Penrose team,
Thank you for your services today – it was a splendidly dignified send-off for my father and we are all very grateful for your well co-ordinated and sensitive approach.
It was impeccable and flawless on your part.
Kindest Regards
Geoff Gould et al - March 2023
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