ASN - Aids Support Network - San Luis Obispo County
About Memorial Grove
In partnership with San Luis Obispo County Parks, under an Adopt-a-Park agreement, the AIDS Support Network continues to develop and maintain the Steve Weiss AIDS Living Memorial Grove on three acres of El Chorro Regional Park. The site, surrounded by campgrounds, Dairy Creek Golf Course and Dairy Creek, is rolling grassland formerly used for cattle grazing.
A low wood fence and double row of Catalina Ironwood and Catalina Cherry trees separate the campground from the Grove. Parking is on the left side of the service road on the upper edge of the campground. An entry path and gateway to the grove is visible from there.
From the entryway, the view includes grassland, maturing trees throughout the Grove as well as mature sycamores along Dairy Creek at the far boundary, benches donated in memory of Dr. William Gordon and of Ray and Jamie Hatler and a small footbridge across a side stream.
As the plants mature, work will continue to make the Memorial Grove more accessible and vibrant. Other goals are the creation of a rock garden, a small amphitheatre in a curve of Dairy Creek and a hilltop meditation point with panoramic views.
