MILESTONE 13

WIND AMONG THE PINES

A knoll once covered with sumac and chaparral underwent a tree-lined transformation at the Safari Park when the Horticulture department began planting a five-acre area to become the Nicholas T. Mirov Conifer Arboretum. The arboretum started with trees from 110 different species, including pines of Mexico and the Caribbean, pines of Europe and Turkey, conifers of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and conifers of North America, as well as firs and spruce, cedars, cypress, and junipers.