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A natural burial meadow in beautiful countryside with views across Cardiff & its surrounding areas.

19/01/2026

Today is often called Blue Monday.
If it feels like just another day, that’s okay.
If it feels heavier, that’s okay too.

Both belong. Both pass.

22/12/2025

❄️ Seasons Greetings ❄️

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Christmas and New Year ✨

If you plan to visit over Christmas, including the bank holidays, the burial ground is open as usual. The office is closed from 23rd to 26th December, but we will be back in the office from Monday 29th December.

If you urgently need to contact us over the bank holidays, please email hello@leedam.co.uk

21/12/2025

On the shortest day of the year, the landscape feels still, grounded and full of quiet beauty.

The winter solstice reminds us that even in the dark, there is promise, light will soon return, day by day. 🌿✨

15/12/2025

As the year begins to slow, many people find comfort in visiting the places where their loved ones rest. 🌿 ❄️

If you’re coming to the meadow over the winter, you’re welcome to bring a warm drink, take your time and simply be.

Our burial ground is a place where families can return to reconnect, reflect and find peace. 🍃

02/12/2025

Grief is a journey that looks different for everyone.

This National Grief Awareness Week, we’re thinking about the people we’ve lost, and the many ways we continue to carry them with us.

Whether your grief is fresh or quietly woven into your everyday life, your feelings are valid, real and important.

You’re not alone. 🤍

24/10/2025

🕰️ Clocks go back this weekend 🕰️

🍂 As autumn settles in and the clocks go back, our days grow a little shorter.

Our burial ground remain open during daylight hours, welcoming you to visit loved ones, walk among the trees, and find peace in nature’s quiet beauty. 🌳✨

06/10/2025

Today is , and our burial ground is a thriving space for wildlife.

By choosing natural burial, you’re not only honouring your loved ones, you’re also helping to preserve and restore precious habitats. 🍂🍁🌾🐝

22/09/2025

The first day of Autumn is here. 🌾🍁
Golden leaves, soft light, and cooler days, a season to pause, reflect, and appreciate the beauty around us. 🍂

13/09/2025

✨ Happy Positive Thinking Day! ✨

Today is all about focusing on the good and letting optimism shine. 💛 A positive mindset can brighten even the cloudiest day, and nature has a way of helping us find that peace. 🌿

Take a moment to step outside, breathe deeply, and reflect on the beauty around you. Let’s fill today with kindness, gratitude, and a little extra positivity. 🌞

What’s one thing you’re grateful for today? Share it in the comments! 💚

18/08/2025

🌿 Let’s talk about greenwashing in the funeral industry.

More and more people are looking for eco-friendly funerals, which is a positive shift that reflects growing awareness of our impact on the planet.

But with that demand has come confusion. Some services marketed as “green” may not be as sustainable as they seem. This is known as greenwashing, when environmental claims are exaggerated or misleading.

At Cardiff & The Vale Natural Burial Meadow, we’re committed to full transparency and genuine sustainability. No shortcuts, no greenwashing, just a peaceful return to the earth.

In our latest blog, we gently explore what greenwashing looks like in the funeral industry, how to spot it, and what to look for in a truly natural burial.

💚 Read the full article here: https://www.leedam.com/journal/understanding-greenwashing-in-the-funeral-industry/

Learn how to spot greenwashing in funerals and what to look for in a truly natural burial. A simple, honest guide from Leedam.

16/08/2025

🐝 A place where bees still hum, wildflowers bloom, and nature is never far away.

Today we celebrate World Honey Bee Day, and all the quiet pollinators that help our landscape thrive.

At Cardiff & The Vale Natural Burial Meadow, we care for the land so it can care for others, from people to pollinators. 🌼

11/07/2025

🌿 Plastic Free July is here

In our natural burials, we never use plastic. No synthetic linings, no plastic caskets, just simple, sustainable materials that return gently to the earth. 🌎

This July, we're proud to stand alongside the movement to reduce plastic waste, not just in life, but in how we honour life, too.

✨ Let’s choose natural. Let’s choose meaningful. Let’s choose plastic-free.

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Cowbridge Road
Cardiff

Telephone

+441446364128

Website

https://www.leedam.com/locations/cardiff/

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Cardiff & The Vale Natural Burial Ground

Coedarhydyglyn is a beautiful classical country house at the centre of a parkland estate on the western edge of Cardiff, was built for the Traherne family in 1820. The current owners, Rhodri and Annabelle Traherne became aware of our Usk Castle Chase natural burial ground through the Country Landowners Association, and invited us to visit them to have a chat about having a natural burial ground at Cardiff.

Coedarhydyglyn is a bit of a tongue-twister for non-Welsh-speakers and is pronounced locally as Coedriglan, meaning 'the wood along the glen'. That simple description nowhere near prepares you for the picturesque beauty of the ‘glen’, the parkland and the well-tended gardens surrounding the perfect classical country house - it is no wonder that the whole place is Listed as being of National Importance. When Rhodri then suggested the high ground above the house for a Natural Burial Ground - Wow! That was spectacular! Panoramic views across the parkland estate, Cardiff city, St Fagans, Castle Coch in the middle distance the Bristol Channel, and the two Severn Bridges. It was perfect... simple, beautiful, peaceful.

The burial ground was established in 2008 and occupies the plateau of parkland on the western rim of the city. The meadow gave us the chance to offer natural burials and interment or scatter of ashes for those who wish to have something natural. The burial ground features fine mature trees planted more than a hundred years ago. In 2012, to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, and to ensure the long-term future of the parkland, nine Sessile Oaks were planted in three groups of three trees. These have now outgrown their tree guards and are developing into fine specimen trees and we within these were are able to offer interment or scatter of ashes for those who may prefer to be shaded by the trees with the birds singing overhead.

The burial ground continues as grassland pasture. It is beautifully managed by the Trahernes and presents a fine and prestigious location with commanding views across the surrounding land. When local TV presenter Chris ‘Korkey’ Corcoran visited to record an item for BBC X-Ray about planning your funeral, James Leedam remembers - he was sitting in the long grass and asked if he could have this spot, right here, because he could see his whole life from there - he grew up there, went to school there, live over there and work by there. He then smiled and lay back in the grass and contemplated being there in the future - yup, that would be perfect…