All Souls Natural Burial Ground relies on volunteers to keep its grounds neat and assist with burials. Volunteers meet monthly to maintain the burial ground, and people willing to assist with burials are contacted on an as-needed basis.

Monthly Work Days

Volunteers meet at the burial ground on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00am - 12:00pm to maintain the burial grounds.

Common tasks during these work days include:

• Removing invasive plants

• Clearing away deadfall from paths

• Pruning limbs and vines that overhang paths

Please bring gardening gloves and pruners if you have them. Wear protective, sturdy shoes. Don’t forget to bring bug spray, sunblock, and a water bottle!

Assisting with Burials

If you would like to be “on call” to assist with burials as needed, please contact Deborah Parker, Family Liaison (336-327-2482 or deborahparker57@gmail.com ).

Common tasks performed by volunteers at burials include:

• Setting up chairs

• Ensuring that the path to the burial site is clear of debris

• Guiding burial attendees to the burial site 

• Pulling the cart that bears bodies to burial sites

• Lowering bodies into graves 

• Decorating the mound of soil with greenery

• Raking soil into a mound over the closed burial site