Our Service

Recompose deeply appreciates the emotional meaning of the service they are providing. Everything they do speaks directly to that meaning. From the serene “spa like” experience, to the thoughtfully designed containers, the message is always that there is beauty even in the unthinkable. It is a process that has provided some comfort to my family while helping us grieve.

Everything was handled professionally and I was educated in the process. The laying-in ceremony was beautifully done and my family is forever grateful for Recompose. I really can’t say enough about how well Morgan treated me and my family. Just amazing!

Thank you to the whole team from start to end of this process. It’s been such a warm and supportive experience in a world that’s been so difficult to navigate and unfamiliar to me. I can’t express my gratitude enough to the whole Recompose team for taking care of not only Justin, but also me. It meant a lot.

You and your staff were amazing. The care, kindness, and respect was so evident. Howie’s family felt it in every aspect of the day. It was the moments and closure they needed to start the next steps of healing.

Working with Recompose changed everything. The living compost was an instant symbol of rebirth into this world. The entire process honored who Taylor was and what he loved most here on earth. Replenishing the earth with new growth brought lightness and beauty during a time many traditional ways would have not.

When my son’s soil arrived, we were all drawn to it. The earthy smell, the beautiful color, and the sense of vibrancy and life. He was tragically gone, but on some level he now also exists forever in nature.

Recompose is such a beautiful place to lay a loved one to rest. The thoughtful design is evocative of being in a forest and serves as a gentle, lovely reminder of our connection to the natural world. And I cannot say enough about the kindness, knowledge, and generosity of the staff. Highly recommend.

Recompose’s mission, values, and approach fit perfectly with the appreciation of nature, desire to minimize impact, and environmental ethics Donna espoused throughout her life.

My beloved father passed away I’ve been working with the folks at Recompose to handle his remains. My Dad arranged this in advance. I had never heard of Recompose and I am so grateful that he chose what he wanted and made it so easy. Recompose has been kind, thoughtful, respectful, empathetic, communicative, and a real comfort to me in this difficult time. Highly recommended.

It was the best experience working with your entire team. She is now resting under a beautiful oak tree on a farm in Dallas. When I pass I will go through the same process in Seattle and then my friends will put my soil on top of hers. So we are together again, forever.

I planted two trees in my backyard, repotted house plants, redesigned our front gardens, gave to friends, family, and my husband’s colleagues.​ I have some in a vase in the front window of our dressing room. This room was special for us and it gives me the opportunity to physically touch him as often as I need to and feel him still close to me.

What’s so great about the compost is that you can do everything with compost that you can do with ashes plus a whole lot more. You can just hold it in your hands. It smells good, it feels good…it feels like life.

We had no idea the profound significance receiving the soil of our son for our personal use would have. We used it to plant a dogwood tree in our yard that can be seen from his childhood bedroom. Our yard has become a spiritual place where we go to talk to our son while he, in turn, nourishes his dogwood tree. Thank you for this beautiful gift.

My mother chose composting as a way to give back to the earth. Recompose was amazing through all of it. Our family had a small viewing and they did an amazing job. Elaine was our guide through the process. She explained what to expect and was incredibly gracious and respectful. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. Thank you.

My father planted trees at our property and asked to have the soil put around them when he passed. It was his favorite place. He’ll grow there with the trees, and we’ll always know he’s there.

Thank you to Recompose for allowing my husband’s body to go back to the earth and contribute to restoring that ecosystem.

Recompose allowed my husband’s end of life to have purpose. It also allowed me to share his story and process with others. My experience was educational, informative, and honorable.

It’s comforting to know every cell of Amy’s body lives on in the garden. Amy loved the flowers she saw in gardens wherever she was. The spring blossoms will always remind me of Amy.

Recompose was the perfect choice for my brother. The staff were compassionate, turning an industrial process into a meaningful ritual our family cherished. His soil is now nurturing trees in gardens all across the Northwest. I talk with him every time I am weeding underneath my own trees. I love thinking of him spread under the roots of so many trees across the country.

The staff are skilled, compassionate, and have an innate ability to hold sacred space. From the time of my inquiry to the final funeral I was treated with respect and great kindness. This was a perfect way to honor my husband. The funeral service was done with such care that many people felt it was the most moving funeral they have ever been to.

I just wanted to say thank you for creating such a beautiful ceremony to send off my mom yesterday. It was moving, quiet, and meaningful. Members of the family called me after to say that the experience was healing for them in ways they had not expected.

We are so grateful to Recompose for taking loving care of our father in his passing. The attention and love they shared in all aspects was breathtaking. We love that he is helping to regenerate this dear planet.

Imagine nourishing a flower, a tree, or a forest ecosystem as the last material thing that you do here. Thank you Recompose for supporting dad in his final earthly gesture.

I look forward to having my husband’s soil and knowing that he will live on in the soil life, the plant life, the trees, the habitats that he will provide as things grow thanks to him. I believe in what you are doing, it is the best way to live sustainably and in a regenerative way.

I want to extend the deepest gratitude to the entire Recompose team. No words are enough to express how professional and kind everyone was along this new journey. We knew Taylor had the utmost care.

Literally every single step in this process just felt so meaningful and so bright. I expected for it to be a gut-wrenching process and that wasn’t my experience of it.

I attended the Zoom Laying-In Ceremony yesterday for Lily. I would like to thank you for such a wonderful end-of-life presentation and a meaningful goodbye to a very special person. It was uplifting to know that you provided a perfect ending to all she believed in.

There’s just so much of the way Recompose does business…they’re very gentle, very knowledgeable, and extremely respectful. Everything about the process was just really gentle.

We celebrate our grandson’s life by visiting places where memories were created. Originally, we spread a handful of his soil in places that triggered memories of special times together. This year those dots of memories brought smiles to our faces. We celebrated the gift of him in our life and feel lucky to have ties to events that bind him to our hearts.