Tuesday 4 November, 2025 – An at-home care service in Nottinghamshire has found a unique and heartfelt way to honor the memory of its recently deceased patients. National charity Heal Rewilding was approached by the owner of Right At Home with a special request to honor an elderly patient who had recently passed away.
Instead of the traditional bouquet, Right At Home sponsored a 3m x 3m square of land at Heal Somerset as a gift to the man’s bereaved family. The care service hopes to continue this gesture for all families they support in times of loss.
Heal Rewilding was deeply moved by this heartfelt use of its Heal 3×3 sponsorship scheme and hopes that more people will consider this as a way to commemorate their loved ones. The idea is to provide a gift that goes beyond the traditional card or flowers, offering instead a small but meaningful piece of land dedicated to remembrance, reflection, and the vibrancy of life. Each sponsored square becomes part of Heal Somerset, where land is being rewilded to support nature recovery. Families are welcome to visit the site, walk the land, and reflect in a place that is alive with the sights and sounds of returning wildlife.
Heal 3×3 allows people to sponsor a 3m x 3m square of land within the publicly accessible areas of Heal Somerset. For a donation of £20 per square, Heal restores the land through rewilding, helping wildlife return and ecosystems regenerate. It’s a simple but powerful way for individuals and organizations to support nature while marking significant moments in life.
This is not the first time Heal 3×3 has been chosen as an unusual and heartfelt gift. Sponsored squares have been given to celebrate 18th birthdays, weddings, and even naming ceremonies, showing how the scheme can mark beginnings, milestones, and endings in equally meaningful ways.
Anne Downey, from Right At Home, said: “We wanted to offer families something more meaningful than flowers – something that lasts, grows, and gives back. Sponsoring a piece of land through Heal allows us to honor each person’s memory in a way that reflects both care and hope for the future.”
Jan Stannard, co-founder of Heal, said: “Grief is deeply personal, and this gift of land sponsorship offers a gentle, enduring way for the families who have used the Right At Home service in Nottinghamshire to remember loved ones while contributing to the healing of our natural world. We are honored that Heal 3×3 can play a role in both personal remembrance and ecological renewal.”
To sponsor a 3×3 square, visit https://www.healrewilding.org.uk/heal3x3.
About Heal Rewilding:
Heal Rewilding is a registered charity working to raise money, buy land in England and rewild it to help nature recovery, climate action, and wellbeing. Through the rebuilding of wildlife populations, community involvement, and storytelling, Heal aims to reconnect people with nature and help tackle the climate and ecological crises. In December 2022, it bought its first rewilding site, Heal Somerset, which is open for free access to the public 50 weeks a year.
For further information:
Katie Stearn-Mills, katie.stearn-mills@healrewilding.org.uk, 07594121320
Jan Stannard, jan@healrewilding.org.uk, 07710 171704
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Heal’s website is at www.healrewilding.org.uk.
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