Cherry Blossom Time
The cherry blossom trees in Branch Brook Park are being celebrated again! Branch Brook Park has gone pink and white!
The Cherry Blossom Festival was held for the first time in over 2 years. The Festival was called off the last 2 years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Branch Brook Park is located in Newark, New Jersey. It is home to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival!
Newark’s has MORE cherry blossom trees than the famous ones in Washington, DC!
Washington DC is only a pretender to the cherry blossom crown in the United States. DC has only about 3,000 cherry trees. Newark has over 5,000!
The Branch Brook Park Alliance brags:
Essex County Branch Brook Park has the largest and most varied collection of flowering Cherry Blossom trees in a park within the United States.
Branch Brook Park Has A Long History
According to the Branch Brook Park Alliance:
The land we now know as Branch Brook Park was then the property of the Newark Aqueduct Board. Much of that land was commandeered in July of 1862, at the outbreak of the Civil War; known as Camp Frelinghuysen, it was used as a training ground for New Jersey volunteers. Between 1862 and 1864, six regiments encamped there before fighting in every important battle from Antietam to Appomattox.
The Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, most famous as the architect of New York’s spectacular Central Park. It was Essex County’s first county park.
The Cherry Blossom Trees Arrive
In 1927 the Park received a gift from Caroline Bamberger Fuld:
Caroline Bamberger Fuld donates 2,000 Japanese flowering cherry trees to a display in Newark that would rival that in Washington, D.C. The Olmsted Brothers' firm laid out the trees naturalistically on the tiered slopes along the narrow valley of the Second River, evoking the way the trees would be seen in Japan and distinguishing Branch Brook Park's display from all others. Eventually the collection would grow to more than 3,000 trees.
There are now more than 5,200 flowering cherry trees in Newark!
I visited them on April 11th.
You can check out the Branch Brook Alliance website, filled with information about the park and the cherry blossoms!
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I was originally from the Trenton area and we had similar trees. So beautiful
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DeleteBeautiful photos Spring has arrived :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a cherryblossomtastic week 👍
Thank you so much!
DeleteOh, so gorgeous are the cherry blossom trees! Love to see them flowering. Just this morning I bought a Yoshino Cherry tree plus I bought one on my birthday in March. These are the first two I have owned so I am very excited.
ReplyDeleteI am sure they are beautiful!
DeleteSO pretty. I Like that interesting fact you shared about the number of trees. Very cool. Have a great restof your weekend.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many beautiful trees in that park. Thanks for visiting!
DeleteYou are so lucky to live close to all those cherry trees. I'd love to see the festival!
ReplyDeleteIt's really beautiful. We were so sad we couldn't go the last two years.
DeleteWow, gorgeous! I had no idea Newark has so many cherry trees.
ReplyDeleteYes, they have so many and are always planning new ones. Thanks for visiting!
DeleteSo beautiful!
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They are really stunning.
DeleteWell the truth is out now about Newark's cherry blossoms. I think Tulsa, to my knowledge, has only two cherry blossom trees that I now about.
ReplyDeleteNewark is so proud of the cherry blossoms. The park is beautiful all year long. I'm sure Tulsa has many beautiful places, too.
DeleteSo beautiful. Our forsythias (Binghamton, NY area) are now only starting to bloom. I grew up in New York City and knew nothing about this park in Newark. Amazing lack of knowledge, in a way. Never been to the DC blooms but I visited Macon, Georgia's cherry blossoms some years ago.
ReplyDeleteI love the cherry blossom trees. I love spring!
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ReplyDeleteYes, they sure are! Thanks for visiting!
DeleteCan tell you're a Newark fan:):) Blooming trees are so uplifting! Have a great Easter:)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Easter!
DeleteHow beautiful! I lived in Brooklyn, NY, most of my life and never knew that Newark had so many cherry trees. If I knew this I would have taken a drive to see them.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are beautiful.
DeleteOh how beautiful! It must be a sight to behold. We can't grow cherry trees in my neck of the woods, but we do have stunning crab apple trees.
ReplyDeleteI am sure the crab apple trees are beautiful!
DeleteAmazing cherry blossoms, their scent must be so calming!
ReplyDeleteVisiting here from Skywatch Friday
Happy Easter!
They are beautiful and calming! Thanks for visiting!
DeleteGreetings and Salutations! Cherry blossoms are sooo wonderful. Boy that is a great number in NJ.
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