Natural Cemetery 'de Utrecht' Reception Pavilions / architecten|en|en

The Natural Step. 'De Utrecht' is a natural cemetery that is part of the 'De Utrecht' estate located just below Hilvarenbeek. It is an initiative of director Joyce Sengers. She is a landscape architect and discovered the phenomenon of natural burial in England over fifteen years ago. This appealed to her so much that, after working at British natural cemeteries, she also wanted to make this way of burial possible in the Netherlands. Burial in nature connects to the natural cycle of life. Anyone who is buried in a natural cemetery expresses this solidarity and contributes to the natural cycle of recycling.