Residents challenge new owner's plans to turn Woodland Hills tree nursery into a cemetery

A group of Woodland Hills residents is kicking back after a new property owner took over a beloved tree nursery with plans to turn the sprawling property into a cemetery.

Boething's Treeland Nursery has been a city staple for more than 70 years, sitting on 32 acres of land near the city's border with the West Hills and Hidden Hills communities. Now, sudden plans to turn the land into a cemetery have drawn both support and opposition from the public, who have a list of concerns, including what the potential traffic impact could be.

Anthony Lampe is the marketing director for Dignity Memorial , who will be taking over the land.

"Most of the time, the services are happening during the daytime hours, not during commute hours," Lampe said. "We have control over the schedules ourselves to m