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New arboretum at historic Salt Lake City Cemetery highlights 80 varieties of trees

Unveiled Saturday, the arboretum honors the cemetery’s longest-serving sexton, Mark Smith.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Children play in the leaves under a European Beech as Salt Lake City announces the newly accredited Mark Smith Memorial Arboretum at Salt Lake City Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. From left, Henley DeHart, Nora Davis, Mazie Davis, and Emma Carbine.