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Mike Salisbury is a Canadian Landscape Architect known for his contribution to the design and development of Natural Burial grounds in North America. :Mike Salisbury is the principle of Earthartist Landscape Architecture . :The author of, “From My Death, May Life Come Forth - A Feasibility Study of the Woodland Cemetery in Canada”, Mike is a recognised authority on the natural burial movement in North America. :To help promote the development of green burial grounds, Mike established Forest of Memories , an online clearing house of information and resources promoting natural burial in North America. =Design Style= :Mike Salisbury’s work employs art as a vehicle for Environmental Restoration and the creation of functional natural spaces. Mike draws upon his research into sacred landscapes to provide a foundation for his natural cemetery and Memorial designs. =Selected Works= : Woodland Cemetery Master Plan "Permanence and Change" a new master plan for a Green Burial ground in Guelph Ontario , establishes private 'community memorials' within the context of a restored ecosystem, an ecosystem established through the planting of memorial trees in place of conventional headstones : Festival Trees A temporary environmental sculpture (pictured above) using living trees, and coinciding with the fifteen days of the Chinese Spring Festival . The sculpture is an exploration and interpretation of cultural traditions, a celebration of the return of spring and a fresh start to the New Year. : Extreme Golf Exploring the concept of a Sustainable golfcourse and drawing inspiration from the emerging sport of Speed Golf that combines Cross Country Running and Golf . : Salamander Earthworks A 2000 ft. earthwork sculpture commissioned by Coronation Public School in Cambridge Ontario Canada =Related Links= : GREEN BURIAL Forest of Memories provides resources and information supporting natural burial in North America : LIVING LEGACIES is an environmental funeral company which has an innovative, sustainable and celebratory approach to life, death and funerals. |
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