Dear Greensprings Friends and Members,
Greensprings hosts its 2009 Annual Meeting on
Saturday, June 6. Come to our Open House at noon
for lunch. Our casseroles, fresh-baked bread, and
fruit salad are all homemade. Because we've got
some wonderful news to share--member Herb Engman,
from whom we've been buying the cemetery land,
has donated the entire property to
Greensprings--we'll celebrate with Herb's
favorite cake.
After lunch and conversation, join us for
informal walks at 12:45 p.m. We'll take you where
you'd like to go--through our burial sites or up
to the overlook, or into the woods to learn a
little about the plants that grow there.
The annual meeting follows at 1:30 p.m. Learn
more about how Greensprings works. Members--those
who have bought or inherited a site--can vote for
trustees.
Note to lot purchasers: If you haven't yet chosen
your lots, the Annual Meeting wouldn't be the
best day to do so. Please call our Executive
Director, Joel Rabinowitz, at 607-898-5113 to
make an appointment to visit, or discuss your lot
location.
In a nutshell
Open House at Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve
293 Irish Hill Road
Newfield, NY 14867
June 6, 2009
12:00 p.m.: lunch (soup, fruit, cider, soda, fresh-baked bread, CAKE, more )
12:45 p.m.: informal walks
1:30 p.m.: Annual Meeting, Greensprings Natural Cemetery Association, Inc.
If you'd like to bring a potluck dish to share,
why ... go right ahead. But it's by no means
expected.
Know that hikers, picnickers, and skiers are
always welcome on our 100 acres, which is
bordered on three sides by Arnot Forest and
Newfield State Forest. A caretaker lives on site.
Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve is
dedicated to simple, eco-friendly burials.
For more information about Greensprings, go to
<http://www.naturalburial.org/> or call
607 564 7577.
DIRECTIONS:
From Ithaca: Take Route 13 (Elmira Road) south
4.5 miles from city limits. (Follow sign for
Elmira--right lane--where route 34&96 split off.)
At sign for Newfield, turn left. You will be on
Main Street. Go all the way through the village.
After post office sign (on right), bear left on
Van Kirk Road. Continue south 4 miles. Where Van
Kirk bends nearly 90 degrees to left, slow down,
then go straight onto Irish Hill Road. Continue
1.2 miles to Greensprings.
From Elmira (Interstate-86/NY Route 17): Take
Exit 54 onto Route 13 north; drive about 19
miles. Look for sign for Trumbull Corners Road.
(This intersection is about 7.8 miles after the
Rt. 13-Rt. 224 crossroad.) Turn right at Trumbull
Corners Road. At stop sign, turn right. Take
first left turn onto Van Kirk Road. Continue
south 4 miles; where Van Kirk bends nearly 90
degrees to left, slow down, then go straight onto
Irish Hill Road. Continue about 1.2 miles to
Greensprings.
From Binghamton (I-86/NY Rt. 17): Drive west on
I-86/NY Rt. 17 to Owego. At Exit 64, take NY Rt.
96 north about 10 miles to Candor. At Candor,
follow Rt. 96 where it turns left. (Do NOT follow
Rt. 96B north.) Drive west on Rt. 96 about 9
miles to Spencer. At the blinking red light in
Spencer continue straight on NY Rt. 34 south. (Do
NOT follow Rts. 34 & 96 north!) Drive almost 4
miles to Van Etten. Rt. 34 turns to the south
here--you need to go straight onto NY Rt. 224.
Continue on Rt. 224 about 5.5 miles. Turn right
onto Jackson Hollow Road (also County Rt. 13).
Stay on the main paved road for about 5.2 miles.
After about 2.7 miles, you will cross into
Tompkins County, and where Jackson Hollow turns
right, continue straight on Van Kirk Road. At 5.2
miles (from NY Rt. 224), Van Kirk Road turns
sharply to the right. That's where you turn
sharply left on Irish Hill Road. Drive about 1.2
miles to the Greensprings entrance, which will be
on your left.
--
Mary M. Woodsen
607 233 4174 home
917 842 0987 cell
Greensprings Natural Cemetery Association
P.O. Box 415, 293 Irish Hill Road
Newfield, NY 14867
607 564 7577 * www.naturalburial.org
Greensprings--breaking new ground
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