A Perfect Profession

While in the Brackenheim Cemetery, I picked up this pamphlet and dreamed about this perfect job–a burial plot gardener!

For between 2,000 and 4,500 Euro/year, you can hire someone to take care of your loved one’s burial plot for the next 20 to 30 years, depending on how long your cemetery contract lasts.  After a contract expires, the plot is re-assigned to the next person needing a place to rest.

Most graves in German cemeteries are relatively new, from the last 20-30 years.  You pay for the period of time you are able to care for the plot.  Typically, families visit the cemeteries regularly to weed and water and care for the gardens planted by each grave.  If you are unable to do that, you can hire someone else to care for your loved one’s grave.

I would enjoy that job.

These prices include regular weeding and planting.  Your gravesite will be in good hands.

Cemeteries here really are lovely and beautifully kept, wonderful places to visit.