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Light pours through the forest on the Coastal Bluff Trail
Bishop Pine (close-up)
Bishop Pine Forest
Shore pine (close-up)
Shore Pine

Coastal Forest

A closed-cone pine forest forms the background for our beautiful Gardens and provides an invaluable windbreak, without which the Gardens could not exist.

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Light pours through the forest on the Coastal Bluff Trail

Bishop Pine (close-up)

Bishop Pine Forest

Shore pine (close-up)

Shore Pine

Coastal Forest