Trusted Cemetery Master Planning

Any cemetery or house of worship must engage in master planning as it is a crucial procedure with significant advantages. A master plan enables clients to outline their overall strategy and goals, identify their cemetery’s short- and long-term needs, and have a logical and practical implementation plan for various projects based on identified needs.

WC Fry Design provides a comprehensive approach to cemetery planning, site design and landscape design. With a thorough awareness of the cemetery business, the family’s needs, history, culture, and site context, we have developed a reputation for excellence. Our cemetery design team has spent decades studying and working to fully comprehend the emotional significance of cemeteries and the human experience.

Why Choose WC Fry Design

A cemetery is a reflection of its neighborhood; it is a repository for local history and attends to the needs of the living. We pay homage to this knowledge by creating design ideas that capture the distinctive features of each cemetery and its setting.

Our process relies on our experience and collaboration. We collaborate with cemetery employees and stakeholders to understand your physical, institutional, and financial circumstances and take them into account when deciding the appropriate development strategy. We consider

• Infill opportunities in developed areas

• Need for new sections

• Monumentation strategies

• Columbarium gardens

• New developments in burial practices

• The landscape health

• Views

• Topography and

• Stormwater Management.

As a result, our service is top-notch, and each design solution is thorough and valuable.

The Importance of Hiring Master Planners

By merging a range of features and structures into a tasteful, coordinated, and cohesive plan, WC Fry Design creates a well-developed master plan that benefits clients in the following manner:

• Maximizing site utilization while increasing the cemetery’s overall attractiveness.

• Increasing marketability of a cemetery through enhanced aesthetic appeal.

• Enabling phased project implementation, allowing clients to balance development expenses with revenue and increase inventory as necessary.

• Improving access and circulation for pedestrians and vehicles, while using effective design cues, wayfinding and the natural beauty of the cemetery.

Our master planning process offers a proactive rather than a reactive road map, for a new cemetery or an existing site. Our work with historic, religious and not for profit cemeteries reflects the local culture, traditions and needs.

Whether designing a new cemetery or creating a master plan to preserve and extend a historic facility, WC Fry Design has a reputation for producing intuitive and dignified cemetery planning and design to make a lasting impression, in Michigan and across the US.

WC Fry Design focuses on cemetery master planning, design and implementation for cemeteries of all types. When contemplating a new cemetery in need of site selection and a comprehensive master plan, an update to your existing cemetery plan or design of a new section, our experience will help you get there. 

 All designs are developed specifically to maximize the potential of your property and are focused on advancing your mission, goals and market, while taking advantage of our knowledge of the cemetery industry. We are familiar with full body and cremation burial. We have designed columbarium gardens and natural burial areas. Our solutions are as diverse as your needs.