Jardin du Souvenir

The Jardin du Souvenir at Père Lachaise Cemetery is a simple, circular green lawn framed by low stone walls. It serves as the official scattering garden for cremated remains. Because French law forbids keeping ashes at home, families arrive here to release the remains of loved ones into the soil. This quiet, open space allows for a final resting place within one of the most famous cemeteries in the world, surrounded by the heavy stone monuments of the nineteenth century.