We have storage capacity in our receiving and distribution warehouse for products you buy from us but don’t need immediately. We will store your products free of charge for up to one year. Contact us to discuss details.

In its work crafting burial vessels, NBV uses rattan, sea grass, water hyacinth, pandanus leaf, banana plant fiber, acacia fiber and bamboo. We also use salvaged woods and small-holder teak to craft parts of some models.

Crafted from easy-to-access, renewable natural materials, our burial vessels are inherently cost-effective. Their affordability combines with their earth-friendliness, with their distinctive beauty, and with their economic support to weaving communities to form a strong rationale for their use.

Some NBV burial vessels are simple and elemental; others more adorned, yet equally organic and uncontrived. Through the interplay of renewable natural materials, organic dyes, and varied weaving patterns, NBV creates vessels of distinctive beauty and engaging detail. What sets them apart is their rich aesthetic range, breadth of selection, and their celebration of life's diversity, grace and splendor.

Some people prefer a simple end-of-life arrangement. Others seek greater aesthetic flair or a distinctive, creative tribute to a life uniquely lived.

Natural Burial Vessels Company welcomes special design requests and will do its best to accommodate them, provided sufficient time is available.

NBV crafters are accomplished artisans, and we're happy to help you envision a distinctive burial vessel or urn. If you have a special design in mind, we encourage you to contact us as early as possible to allow time for its creation.

Our burial vessels are crafted entirely from natural, biodegradable materials. They return to the earth naturally, typically biodegrading completely within three to four years, without introducing synthetic materials into the soil or water.

A hand-woven burial vessel offers a natural, elegant presentation before cremation. Its quiet beauty can bring comfort to families and deepen the sense of connection during witness cremations.

Scientific journals contain detailed studies of cremation’s carbon footprint and environmental effects. Exploring these findings may be valuable to families considering their end-of-life options.

Our burial vessels are suited to natural burial, traditional cemetery burial, and cremation. In each setting, their natural materials and hand-woven beauty bring a distinctive intimacy to the final farewell.

Natural Burial Vessel’s focuses on creating beautiful, natural funeral products. We do not own or operate funeral homes or cemeteries. As part of our work to help provide earth-friendly options to the funeral industry, we network with funeral homes and cemeteries. 

To locate green burial cemeteries and funeral homes near you check out this map by the Green Burial Council, and this resource list by Cornerstone Funeral Services.

We truck-ship to the door throughout the Pacific Northwest and West Coast. We Air Cargo ship to all urban airports throughout the rest of the United States. If you receive a shipment at an airport, it’s easy and uncomplicated to pick-up the shipment at the airline’s  air cargo terminal. (Contact us to work out arrangements.) 

Packaging and shipping costs are included in all direct-to-consumer sales. Most orders reach their destination—or the nearest urban airport anywhere in the U.S.—within 24–72 hours. Customers who collect purchases from either of our Portland, Oregon, sales locations receive a discount reflecting the packaging and shipping costs saved.

It’s useful to know that you may purchase your own casket, carrier, urn or shroud that meets objective standards of size and safety from any source. Allowing families the latitude to make their own decisions about what products are appropriate to represent their deceased loved ones is one of the ways funeral homes demonstrate their care for families.  

Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions. (503) 310-6205, info@naturalburialvessels.com