The company calls this burial method "spreading." Buried beneath trees, not gravestones Gibson's father died of a stroke a year before his mother, so he was raised by his half brother from age 12 on.

With tall conifer trees and little streets in between sections ... see these plots lost to the sands of time. I know that each grave has a story, a family member, a neighbor.

The tree could remain theirs for perpetuity ... 30,000 can still be cheaper than buying a family plot, Gibson said. "A grave is the third most expensive thing someone will buy in their life ...