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Arboretum Day: November 18th, 2020
Cypress Lawn ArboretumDearest 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 ToursHello 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 YewBy 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 PineA 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 CedarBy 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 OakPerhaps 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 CypressBy 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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