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Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume I – MemorialRead MoreA Photo Blog Series Showcasing the Diversity of Global Plantings of the Monterey Cypress On Cypress Lawn’s first Arboretum Day, November 18, 2020, we will embrace the singular healing act […]
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Arboretum Day: November 18th, 2020
Cypress Lawn ArboretumRead MoreDearest friends, neighbors, and tree-lovers near and far — It is my honor to extend to you a cordial virtual invitation to the first annual Arboretum Day here at Cypress […]
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What’s Next at Cypress Lawn: Virtual Tree ToursRead MoreHello all! We here at the Cypress Lawn Arboretum would like to cordially invite you to experience our new virtual Tree Tour of our living collection, featuring several of the […]
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June’s Tree of the Month: Irish YewRead MoreBy Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz A headstone of polished granite — ornate, intricately detailed, and artfully inscribed — stands to commemorate a life gone by. Stone is a […]
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May’s Tree of the Month: Monterey PineRead MoreA tree is a versatile metaphor for life itself — indeed, examples of this are scattered across our cultural history as a thousand leaves upon an autumn lawn. From the […]
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April’s Tree of the Month: Deodar CedarRead MoreBy Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz Looking up into the canopy above me, on an afternoon stroll across the Arboretum grounds, a sure sign of the turn of spring […]
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March’s Tree of the Month: Cork OakRead MorePerhaps no singular tree in the entire Cypress Lawn Arboretum collection is so grand as this – unassuming, still, in the lee of the ever-so-stately Hammond family monument, its gargantuan […]
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February’s Tree of the Month: Monterey CypressRead MoreBy Josh Gevertz, Arboretum Director at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park As our namesake tree at the Cypress Lawn Arboretum, the Monterey cypress is a unique species that we treasure as […]
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The Truthful Facts of Ishi and Alfred L. Kroeber’s FriendshipRead More
By Richard Burrill April 8, 2022 Please know that Cypress Lawn has recently acquired Olivet Memorial Park in Colma. Situated at the base of the San Bruno Mountains, with huge […]
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AT REST AT CYPRESS LAWN: Henry Newhall: Entrepreneur ExtraordinaireRead More
Arriving in San Francisco in July 1850 after a six month sea journey from Massachusetts, twenty-five year old auctioneer Henry Mayo Newhall made a beeline for the Sierra Nevada foothills […]