A sure sign that spring has arrived in New Jersey is not the equinox. You can't count on watching for forsythias or daffodils blooming because that happens at different times in different places. But maybe you can count on the cherry blossoms at Branch Brook Park or the Festival.
A few weeks after the blossoms open in D.C., the largest cherry blossom collection in the United States in our own Branch Brook Park usually opens. The park, which runs through Belleville and Newark, has more than 2,700 Japanese cherry blossom trees.
Things will be starting this weekend even though it has been a chilly week in this part of NJ.
- The Cherry Blossom Challenge Bike Race is on April 2nd. No blossoms required. 7am – 1pm Oval, Northern Division
- Cherry Blossom 10K Run Sunday, April 3rd 10am – 12pm Cherry Blossom Welcome Center, Extension Division
- 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk Saturday, April 9th 10am – 11am Concert Grove, Southern Division
- Hopefully, it will be warmer and more blooming for Family Day Saturday, April 9th 11am – 3pm Concert Grove, Southern Division
- Bloomfest Sunday, April 10th 11am – 5pm Cherry Blossom Welcome Center, Extension Division and Concert Grove, Southern Division
- There are Cherry Blossom Talks Every Wednesday in April at 11am at the Cherry Blossom Welcome Center, Extension Division and there are Historic Cell Phone Tours (973) 433-9047 Available ALL Season
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| The park with Sacred Heart Cathedral in the background |
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