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This is a serious question. What is the best way to re-turf a grave?
My parents grave is a mess - my father was buried in early January when the earth was frozen solid. My mother was buried 3 years ago in the same grave. There was then a thaw and torrential rain. The re-laid 'turf' sank about 16" at the foot and 8" at the top. It looked awful. With slightly better weather, the sexton has re-lifted the sods, filled it in, and re-laid them; to be honest it's just random clumps of dying grass, although it does look better than it did.
It's an exposed hillside churchyard in Cumbria.
Neither of my parents deaths was unexpected - they were both elderly - but I would like to respect their final resting place.
Thanks to both answerers so far - it's just that at the moment there are 3" gaps between 4" sods ...
and that s it looking better than it did.
I'm sorry to hear about your distress - I understand that the fact it's your parents' grave makes it rather sensitive, but the advice about restoring it would be the same for any area. January was just about the worst time to attempt turfing, especially on deeply-dug land which hadn't settled, and although the sexton did his best, it was bound to be just a cosmetic job. I think you need to request that the uneven turf is removed, the site is properly levelled and compacted, and then new turf is laid. After the winter you've endured in Cumbria, the best time to do this and to lay the new turf would probably be April - May, so the grass can then grow away when (if ever!) the ground warms up a bit. There will probably be a labour charge for this, but not much turf will be needed - just ensure it's a suitable type for the exposed situation. where it has to grow. Gaps between sods of turf won't recover by themselves, a new beginning is required.
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