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Cherry Blossoms .. Native Flora at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

By Alice, on April 19th, 2010

A much anticipated annual garden event…

…the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival takes place May 1 & 2 this year: Visit the BBG web site for details.

Springtime Vista - Brooklyn Botanic Garden (ALICE JOYCE photo)

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an especially alluring destination in Spring, when the green haven of the 2-acre Native Flora Garden captivates the senses with arrays of Trillium species, Clematis, bellworts (Uvularia) and shooting stars, among the woodlanders emerging in April and May.

The Garden is positively aglow in the Cherry Esplanade, Japanese Garden, and Daffodil Hill area while avenues of cherry trees are blooming. I enjoyed a ramble through the gardens with Scot Medbury, President of the BBG and former director of the San Francisco Botanical Garden/Conservatory of Flowers, and was delighted to be introduced to Uli Lorimer, curator of the Native Flora collection.

The botanically inclined will find fetching displays decorating the gardens, like the sight of fallen petals floating on the pond, as captivating to the eyes as the bounteous, blowsy blossoms themselves. At this tine of year, there are fragrant lilacs, exuberant azaleas, and a cacophony of frilly peonies, along with a wisteria-draped pergola that signals the coming to life of the Cranford Rose Garden. Plan a summer visit and you’ll be swept away by the fragrance that envelops you in this classic, formal setting.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION ….

Slipper Orchid – Cypripedium

Click on the Brooklyn Botanic Garden map to see the garden’s layout, plant collections, and design features.

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1 comment to Cherry Blossom Cascade .. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  • RainGardener
    April 21, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    Fantastic pictures Alice, as always. What a great and exciting job you have travelling around to all of these beautiful gardens! I got to California on vacation and it poured buckets for a week. ;-) Thanks for faving me on Blotanical.

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