The right burial for you
Burial Services
Friends Southwestern Burial Ground (FSWBG) is owned and led by two Meetings (congregations) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) which are located in Philadelphia. Since our founding in 1861, we have offered simple burial without regard to a person’s faith background.
Services
We offer many options for a burial in our cemetery.
Green burial offers a chemical-free way to bury your loved one in a simple manner that restores the environment.
Though we encourage green burials, we are able to do traditional burials with a pine box or casket (coffin).
We offer a simple burial for cremated remains (aka cremains). Cremains can be buried beneath in a cremains burial section of our grounds.
We allow scattering of cremains on our grounds, including in the area of the Memorial Garden.
We offer green burials for infants in a designated infant section within the burial ground.
The Memorial Garden is a peaceful natural setting in the heart of the Burial Ground.