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A closer look at the grove, the trees, and where they've gone.

Photographs of the Umbrella Pine grove, our specimen trees, and the farm around them. We're adding more as the seasons change and as our trees head to their new homes, so check back.

The Grove

Wide shots showing the scale and setting of the mature Umbrella Pine collection

A dense stand of mature Japanese Umbrella Pines in the center grove, their tapered green crowns rising against a cloudy sky — The center grove

The southwest grove seen across a meadow, with tall conical Umbrella Pines and other evergreens rising against an overcast sky — The southwest grove, off Cherry Lane

Aerial or drone view of the property

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A Bit of History

Older than the grove itself — remnants of the land's working past

A dry-laid stone wall, believed to be an 18th- or 19th-century lime kiln, built into a wooded slope below the pond — What we believe to be an 18th- or 19th-century lime kiln, below the pond

A turn-of-the-20th-century map showing Cromwell, bordered by Cromwell Lane and Prentice Lane, with the Seymour Cromwell Cottage marked near the property — The property around the turn of the 20th century, part of the Seymour Cromwell Cottage estate — from the Mendham Centennial history, “Reflections of a Community”

Notable Trees

A few specimens on the property that stand out on their own

A tall, full Norway spruce nicknamed Rocky standing in an open lawn, flanked by other mature trees — “Rocky” — a Norway spruce with Rockefeller Center-worthy presence

The Fields

Young stock growing on across the farm's open fields

Rows of young boxwood shrubs planted across the northeast field, with a stand of mature evergreens along the far edge — Young boxwood in the northeast field, with the grove beyond

Specimen Close-Ups

The detail that makes an Umbrella Pine unmistakable

Top-down view of a whorl of Japanese Umbrella Pine needles radiating from a central point — Whorled needle detail

Close-up of an Umbrella Pine trunk showing its thick, reddish-brown, stringy exfoliating bark — Bark detail, close crop

Root ball / trunk caliper for scale

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Where Our Trees Have Gone

Provenance sites — Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hudson Yards, Vassar College, Carnegie Mellon University

Installed specimen, public garden setting

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Installed specimen, campus setting

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A truck-mounted tree spade carrying a large specimen conifer with its root ball secured, parked on a gravel drive — Transplant in progress: root ball secured in the tree spade

The Property

The pond, grounds, and the working farm itself

Looking across the farm pond from a new wooden dock, with rippled water and green trees along both banks — The pond, seen from the dock

The farm entrance at 175 Cherry Lane: two white gateposts, one marked 175 Cherry Lane, with a red barn and evergreens beyond — The entrance at 175 Cherry Lane

Team working in the grove

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