 Parks and Forestry and Cemetery
23 Ryan Ranch Road
Monterey, CA 93940
831.646.3860
The
Parks Division maintains 32 parks and more than 170 other sites.
Call/email us about City parks & facilities; overnight camping; beach/park maintenance;
City
Tree Ordinance; wood chip delivery; Christmas tree recycling; memorial benches/trees;
cemetery services; RV storage facility; annual Cutting Day; and our volunteer gardener
program. Find out more below or
report problems, make service requests.
Parks, Beaches, and
Greenbelts Maintenance | Special Programs
Forestry | Cemetery | RV Storage Facility
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Local Gardening Club Links
Parks,
Beaches, and Greenbelts Maintenance
We develop and implement ongoing maintenance programs for the City park system. We
maintain and repair all irrigation systems; respond to citizens' and visitors'
questions and suggestions and provide information on public use of beaches and parks; and
respond to reports of sick or dead animals. Forty campsites are available at Veteran's Memorial Park.
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Animals and wildlife (being kind to wildlife)
– Park locations
and descriptions
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Park rules
and regulations –
New Dog
Park (Oct. 2007) –
Petiquette/Park Rules
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Window on the
Bay/Monterey Bay Waterfront Park
Special Programs
We supervise the Volunteer Gardener Program, which meets weekly to supervise
community volunteers who work at various sites throughout the City's extensive park system
(to volunteer call 646.3719 or email our
volunteer coordinator). We maintain and coordinate the City's Annual cutting day plant
exchange (plant cuttings and tree seedlings); maintain the City's annual Christmas tree
recycling and chipping program; offer a free wood chip delivery program (when available,
the Parks Division will deliver a supply of wood chips to your driveway); and offer a
memorial bench and tree planting program that provides citizens the opportunity to
publicly memorialize loved ones.
Forestry
We enforce the
City's Tree Ordinance; issue tree removal permits; performing
inspections of privately owned trees; maintain and implement a comprehensive program of
routine tree maintenance and trimming; plant and maintain City street trees; and maintain
a rotating greenbelt maintenance program (276 acres of greenbelt are maintained on a
five-year maintenance cycle to clear undergrowth and enhance growth of native materials
and reduce fuel for wildfires). For info on trees, visit
www.monterey.org/publicworks/trees/
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Common plants
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Local
landmark trees
Cemetery
We offer gravesites, cremain sites (half-graves), columbarium niches and burial
services. We also coordinate the installation of headstones and perform general cemetery
maintenance. A new lakeside columbarium and burial section is now available.
Visit the Cementerio El Encinal Web page at
www.monterey.org/cemetery/
RV Storage Facility
This popular facility at Ryan Ranch is secured with a coded locked gate and
motion detector lighting. Open to all Monterey Peninsula residents on a first-come,
first-served basis - with priority given to Monterey residents - the lot is currently
full. A waiting list has been established.
Local Gardening Club
Links
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