Burlingame highlight
Strong tree-lined identity
Burlingame holds the official designation City of Trees with more than 18,000 public trees lining its streets and neighborhoods, including eucalyptus groves that define the community's character.
Burlingame earned its designation as City of Trees through a sustained commitment to urban forestry and tree preservation. The city maintains over 18,000 public trees throughout its neighborhoods, lining residential streets and anchoring parks and public spaces. Eucalyptus groves and other mature tree species create a distinctive landscape that residents and visitors recognize immediately, providing shade, cleaner air, and a natural aesthetic that sets the community apart from surrounding urban areas.
The tree canopy is not incidental to Burlingame's identity; it is central to how the city functions and how residents experience daily life. The city's tree program includes ongoing maintenance, replacement of older trees, and planting of new species chosen for hardiness and suitability to local conditions. Tree-lined streets reduce urban heat, lower stormwater runoff, and support local wildlife. Neighborhoods with mature trees also tend to maintain property values and quality of life over decades.
Families choose Burlingame, in part, for neighborhoods where children can play under a canopy of mature trees and where the landscape feels like a community rather than a development. That stability—an address where you might raise children and grandchildren—influences how you think about long-term planning and protection. Life insurance is part of staying; it ensures that the life you have built in a tree-lined neighborhood continues for the people who live there.