Questions about Home Funerals? Hidden behind the trees along Gainesville’s County Road 234 is a sanctuary of life and of death: the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery. We are licensed by the state of Florida and certified at the highest level by the Green Burial Council. It is a cemetery in a natural landscape, with trails and wildlife and night-time stargazing that is out of this world. 3K likes. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery is a nonprofit cemetery dedicated to natural burial. Here is a definition from one of our favorite cemeteries in the world, Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery: Green burial is a safe and legal burial practice that uses biodegradable containers and avoids embalming fluids and vaults. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery was founded in 2007 by a group of citizens who met once a month for three years. Resources. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, Conservation Burial, Inc. and Alachua Conservation Trust, Inc., 12 West University Avenue, Suite 201, Gainesville, FL 32601 Established July 2010. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, Gainesville, FL. Conservation burial is green burial plus! https://www.alachuaconservationtrust.org/prairie-creek-conservation-cemetery Cemetery History. They conducted research and planned their vision of combining land conservation with natural burial practices. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery is a privately owned green burial ground. The Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery Story Freddie Johnson, Executive Director, Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, Gainesville FL “ I first learned about the concept of conservation burial in early 2007 when a friend, Larry Schwandes, gave a presentation about his experience of visiting Glendale Memorial Nature Preserve. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery Questions about Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery? This isn’t your traditional cemetery. Cemetery Pricing Find a Grave Planting Natives FAQ. The cemetery’s 93 acres of prairie and forest are situated in Alachua Conservation Trust’s 600-acre Prairie Creek Preserve in Gainesville Florida. ID Name Born Died: Location (Section-Block-Lot-Grave) Lat: Lng: Url FREDDIE JOHNSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – PRAIRIE CREEK CONSERVATION CEMETERY is one of the founders of Conservation Burial Inc. (CBI), the non-profit that manages Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (PCCC).He served as CBI's Board President for three years prior to becoming PCCC’s Executive Director in 2011. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (PCCC) is a non-profit community cemetery nestled in a protected conservation area near Gainesville, Florida. Questions about Green Burial?