Explore Independent Cambridge - Woodland Wishes

With the help of Independent Cambridge - the community of ‘real’ Cambridge - Cambridge Network continues its weekly exploration of the best independent shops, cafés, restaurants, people, businesses, venues and events in Cambridge and the surrounding area. This week: Woodland Wishes.

With its squishy sofas, scented candles and uplifting artwork, depicting pretty woodlands carpeted with bluebells, Woodland Wishes HQ in Fulbourn is a welcoming haven. It’s far removed from the stark feel of a traditional funeral parlour, and this is exactly what Tracy O’Leary intended when she set up the business in 2012, offering personalised funeral services using ‘earth friendly’ coffins.

Tracy was working for Cambridge homeless charity WinterComfort when she was asked to market woven willow coffins. They proved popular with families desiring a more meaningful service, and Woodland Wishes evolved from there.

Today the award-winning company offers funerals, cremations and natural burials at 300 UK woodland sites, including Barton, Six Mile Bottom, and Ramsey. Coffins are locally made in willow, wool, solid pine and cardboard, which can be personalised. Black hearses are available, though clients often prefer Woodland Wishes' Volvo 4x4 estate. Tracy has a chapel of rest in Fowlmere, a cosy family room, filled with willow hearts, flowers and lavender candles.

At its heart an honest, ethical indie, Woodland Wishes goes the extra mile, with Tracy available 24/7. Whatever the send-off, from services in a field of llamas to intimate home funerals, Woodland Wishes have made those desires a reality, providing real comfort to grieving relatives.

Woodland Wishes
Funeral Services
4 High Street, Fulbourn Cambridge, CB21 5DH
Telephone 01223 880002 / 07794 860131

www.woodlandwishes.co.uk

Discover unique boutiques and boutique hotels mingled with communities of artists and craftspeople. Sample an award-winning restaurant or thriving little café tucked away in a back street – all easy to locate via the comprehensive Independent Cambridge directory.  It features hundreds of local traders, artists, makers, producers, venues and events – all of which play a part in the real life of the city and local area. Run by long-term residents with a true passion for all things indie, the site is packed with valuable insider knowledge of the local scene. And whoever you are - resident or visitor; whatever you search for, read about and choose to visit, you can be sure it’s independent!

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