This thesis explores the role and significance of memorial trees as part of the commemoration of the deceased and the contemporary landscape of remembrance. It focuses on the memorial trees planted at the burial site of the deceased. 

In a secularised society, at a time of climate change and loss of nature, memorial trees can bring an environmentally sensitive perspective to the approach to death and the commemoration of the deceased. I consider how memorial trees embody the memory of the deceased, how they have manifested themselves in Finland in the past, and how they could be part of landscape architectural design in the context of Finnish funeral rituals and death culture.