At Ramsey Creek It's Back to the Land, Literally

Just don't call it human compost

An engraved stone marks a modern burial spot at Ramsey Creek Preserve, a wild woodland cemetery located in South Carolina at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

By Michaela Haas

At Ramsey Creek Preserve near Westminster, South Carolina, the deceased don’t rest under rows of cold marble slabs, but beneath shrubs and oaks.

Their remains woven into th…