Memorial trees and benches

Memorial benches

The cost of refurbishing an existing bench is from £907.70. Installing a new memorial bench onto an existing hard surface is from £1,400 (excluding the plaque).

Benches can be installed at any time of year. Once we’ve received your application we will follow the following process:

• we’ll respond to your request and will arrange to meet you on site to discuss the location of the bench. In most cases we replace an existing bench with a memorial bench
• upon agreement of a location, we’ll send you an invoice for payment – you can pay by bank transfer or cheque
• it’s your responsibility to produce a plaque for the bench and deliver it to us for installation – it should be a maximum height of 50mm, maximum width of 200mm and maximum depth of 5mm
• we will order and install the bench after you have paid – this can takes up to 12 weeks
• once the bench has been installed we’ll notify you in writing

Memorial trees

Prices for memorial trees start at £355.

The cost of planting a memorial tree varies depending on the tree’s size and species. We source all memorial trees, and plant them between November and February. We will process any applications received after 31 January in the following planting season. We cannot fit plaques to memorial trees or their tree guards.

Once we’ve received your application:

• we’ll respond to your request and discuss possible options for the size, species and location of the tree – options will depend on the tree planting plan for individual parks
• we’ll send you an invoice for the tree, its planting and tree guards
• once you’ve paid we’ll meet you on site to confirm the location of the tree before it is ordered
• we’ll plant the tree up to eight weeks after we receive your payment
• we’ll notify you in writing that we’ve planted the tree

Currently, we’re not accepting applications for trees in Abney Park.

Scattering ashes

You can scatter ashes in our parks for free, but you need to get our approval for the location in advance.

First, read the memorials policy and then fill out the memorial application form telling us the park and exact spot where you want to scatter the ashes.

Read the Memorials policy (PDF 98kb).

Complete memorial application form