On Monday 18 September 1916 the cremated ashes of the women's rights activist and writer Edith Ellis were scattered over the garden at Golders Green Crematorium. Her husband - physician and writer - Havelock Ellis captured the event in his autobiography (My Life, 1940). His written recollections provide a glimpse into how this procedure was experienced in first person, and what were the reasons for choosing it in the first place. It also enlights us on the emotional connection Havelock established with the garden of rest over the years that followed Edith’s death.