Cremation is becoming an increasingly common ... designer and woodworker created a collection of “planturns”—urns that double as planters—to fill a gap in the market.

Enter Boyce’s Planturn, a modern, minimal and decorative cremation urn ($250-$600) composed of two pieces of wood and topped with a living plant. While many urns are vase-shaped, Boyce’s urns ...

Boyce took a succulent from a row on her windowsill and placed it in a handmade wooden urn—a Planturn ... And, besides holding human remains, they double as planters. “I recommend succulents ...