Description: A simple plain pine box for green burial, Orthodox Jews, Russian Orthodox and Secular. Our coffins are made from 100% biodegradable pine lumber harvested from dead standing pine trees in the Sierra Nevada forests of Northern California. Made in Davis our coffins emphasize a clean, clear, austere design that emphasizes the wood using no metals or finishes.
The plain pine box, our classic 100% wood. Our Blue Pine Coffins exhibit function over form. The hexagonal shape is easier to move down a hallway and around corners. The raised top allows lower sides which helps attendants to easily arrange the deceased. The long round handles provide a good grip for mourners carrying the coffin to the graveside. Excluding metal fasteners, paint and stains as required for Orthodox Jewish and Green Burials promotes healthy soils that assist returning the body peacefully to t
Blue Pine is a term for Ponderosa Pine lumber that has blue-gray patterns or figures in the grain of the wood.
The wood we use in our coffins comes primarily from utility line clearing operations in Nevada County California. The climate in this region is getting warmer and drier and the trees are migrating. Ponderosa Pines stressed by drought are susceptible to pine bark beetles and the Grosmannia Clavigera, blue stain fungus. This fungus kills the drought stressed trees. Those near power lines are deemed a hazard and are periodically cleared. Suitable logs are delivered to sawmills nearby, sawed into rough lumber a