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Founded in 1917, Columbia Gardens, family operated through four generations, has served Northern Vir

11/24/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Columbia Gardens Cemetery! Our office will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but the cemetery gates will remain open for visiting.

11/21/2025

We invite you to take part in our 7th Annual Wreaths Across America Day—a heartfelt event to honor and remember the service and sacrifice of our nation's heroes. Come together with friends, family, and neighbors to lay remembrance wreaths on the 1000 veterans’ gravesites at Columbia Gardens. The ceremony begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, December 13.

To sign up to volunteer for Wreaths Across America or sponsor remembrance wreaths, visit https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/159338/Overview/?relatedId=0. The deadline for wreath orders is December 1.

11/13/2025

As part of our new road construction project, Columbia Gardens created a dry swale, a shallow channel designed to temporarily store and treat stormwater runoff. The dry swale is designed to slow down the flow of water. It is comprised of layers of engineered soil and gravel with an underdrain system. We planted the dry swale with native plants and grasses to help prevent erosion and filter the water. It is an attractive — and highly functional — addition to the Columbia Gardens landscape.

11/10/2025

On Veterans Day, November 11, we remember the service of all veterans, past and present. Our office will be closed on Tuesday, but our gates will be open for visiting. On Saturday, December 13 at 9:00 am, Columbia Gardens Cemetery will participate in Wreaths Across America Day to pay tribute to our veterans. To support and volunteer for Wreaths Across America, visit columbiagardenscemetery.org

11/07/2025

Congratulations to the Arlington Turkey Trot on their 20th running! Columbia Gardens Cemetery is proud to be a Trotter Sponsor again this year. We love being part of the Trot’s route and having Trotters run and walk through our beautiful cemetery grounds. We encourage everyone to join the flock on Thanksgiving morning to benefit local Arlington charities. To register, visit https://arlingtonvaturkeytrot.org.

08/29/2025

This Labor Day, we remember one of Arlington’s finest. George Kirschbaum, Sr. was the oldest surviving Arlington County firefighter at 95 years of age. Well-liked and respected, George was known as a firefighter's firefighter to his colleagues. He retired as the Station Commander of Station 1 when it was located on South Edgewood Street.

Our office will be closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. As always, our grounds will remain open for visiting from dawn until dusk.

08/27/2025

What a lot the Dew Crew accomplished this summer at Columbia Gardens! Our groundskeeping crew of 30 high school and college students excavated 30,000 pounds of dirt and rocks • w**d whacked the equivalent of 30 miles • produced 44,800 pounds of green waste from w**ding, pruning and trimming • watered 50 trees and 10-15 acres of grass daily • and consumed 2600 popsicles over the course of the summer! At our annual BBQ for the Dew Crew members and their families, Doug Barroga and all of the Columbia Gardens team bid the crew a fond farewell with many thanks for a job well done.

08/13/2025

Save the date for our annual Fall Family Celebration, Saturday, October 25, 12:00 —3:00 pm. We hope you’ll join us for fun, outdoor activities for children and adults.

08/07/2025

Deer double take! These two lovely, look-alike deer were spotted in the Memorial Rose Garden early one morning. They seem to enjoy being near our roses!

07/25/2025

Daun Thomas Frankland, President of Columbia Gardens Cemetery, has been named 1st Vice President of the Virginia Cemetery Association (VCA). A VCA board member since 2018, Frankland headed up the planning committee for the association's 77th annual meeting, “Cemeteries Reimagined: Cultivating a Welcoming Atmosphere to Shatter Stigmas and Inspire Celebrations,” held in Lynchburg in June. The program featured inspiring talks from John Bolton, President, International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association; Mary Pope Hutson, President of Sweet Briar College; Dr. Rev. Joe Cobb, Mayor of Roanoke; and Amber Caron, Director of Communications for Wreaths Across America. “My involvement with VCA is incredibly rewarding, offering the opportunity to engage with members across the state, share challenges, learn from others, and turn those insights into action,” Frankland says.

07/17/2025

Our beautiful, new road is now open! Visitors may now enter through the Arlington Boulevard entrance. This major project was more than three years in the making, from permitting and planning to construction. At every stage, our team worked closely with Arlington County to be in compliance with Stormwater Management guidelines, including implementing soil and erosion controls during the construction process. The road connects the new Garden of Reflection section with the heritage sections of the cemetery. When completed this fall, the five-acre Garden will feature green burial sites, cremation niches and traditional burial plots.

07/03/2025

All of us at Columbia Gardens wish you and your family an enjoyable, relaxing 4th of July. Our office will be closed Friday and Saturday in observance of the holiday. As always, our grounds will be open for visiting from dawn to dusk.

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3411 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA
22201

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm
Saturday	9am - 12:30pm

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+17035271235

Website

http://www.columbiagardenscemetery.org/

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Columbia Gardens Cemetery has been family owned for four generations, continuously since our founding in 1917. It has been described as Arlington County’s community cemetery. We invite our neighbors and area residents to walk our winding paths and enjoy the towering trees and beautiful gardens on our grounds.

Columbia Gardens Cemetery is multicultural and non-denominational.

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Columbia Gardens is one of the few cemeteries in the Northern Virginia area that offers a wide range of options for memorials, including upright monuments and memorials, flat markers and private mausoleums. Burial and Interment Options