Top 5 Best Memorial Ideas For Our Grandparents Available In Australia
Explore the best memorial ideas for our grandparents in Australia. Here we explain to you the reality of funerals and the best memorial ideas such as Living Legacy Trees.
The Problem Of Superannuation In Australia In 2025: Delay Of Death Benefits
Australian superannuation funds are delaying death benefit payments to grieving families for over 500 days, with ASIC data showing only 48% of claims processed within three months. Families like Cathy Clark’s endure year-long battles with super companies, receiving as little as $28.99 after months of administrative stress during bereavement. The systemic failures have made families to seek alternative end-of-life planning options that provide certainty without bureaucratic delays.
Human Ashes After Cremation: What to Do with Cremated Ashes in Australia
This article discusses various methods for handling cremated ashes in Australia, with a focus on transforming them into Living Legacy Trees. This eco-friendly option honors loved ones while providing lasting environmental benefits and a tangible, growing connection for families.
Planting a Memorial Tree: 5 Things You MUST Know First
These mistakes can save you from losing your tree and paying too much
Cremated remains offer ‘immortality’ as food for memorial trees
Australians wanting to live on as trees after they die now have a new burial option, with a Melbourne research team discovering how to turn human ashes into plant food. Lead scientist Dr Mary Cole said she believed they had created a world-first process to reduce the high salt and alkalinity levels of cremated remains […]
Living Legacy: From Grief to Growth
Warren Roberts’s best friend passed away 10 years ago. He didn’t cry at the funeral, and if you’d asked him how he was in the following years he would’ve told you he was fine. He wasn’t. Around three years ago Warren began spending more and more time in nature. “You know, the more time I […]
Frangipani, Flame Tree, or Lemon Myrtle; What Tree Would You Like to Become?
The concept of burying a loved-one’s ashes under a tree or flowering shrub isn’t as straightforward as you may think. Warren Roberts, founder and CEO of Living Legacy Forest, likens the alkalinity of ashes to caustic soda, saying the pH is so high that it either kills plants or hampers root growth. “At the moment, most […]
Marian’s tree of life
For Marian Osborn’s loved ones, it was a poetic way to honour the lifeblood of the family. For the first time in Melbourne’s west, a person’s scientifically transformed cremated remains have been infused into the root ball of a tree for planting at a cemetery. Marian’s “Living Legacy” memorial tree at Altona Memorial Park is […]
