hilarytamar: detail of a woodblock print showing blooming cherry trees around the Tidal Basin (posts--cherry trees at the Tidal Basin)
not, alas, Hilary Tamar ([personal profile] hilarytamar) wrote in [community profile] dcmetro2010-03-30 12:29 am

Cherry blossom links

The cherry trees have started blooming! Peak bloom for the Tidal Basin is predicted to be April 1-4, but cherry trees of various sorts continue to bloom for at least two weeks both around the Basin and elsewhere in the city.

I'm a fan of the cherry blossoms, so I wrote a post in my journal last year with quite a few links (mainly the history of the trees, an overview of the National Park Service information, maps, and Washington Post coverage). I updated those links today and made another post with some new links, including the Washington Post's audio tour and their latest list of non-touristy places to see the blossoms. Those places often have different bloom dates, so if you miss the trees at the Tidal Basin, you'll have a second chance.

If anybody's got recommendations for other things to include, let me know – I'd love to have them.
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[personal profile] axiom_of_stripe 2010-03-30 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks for the links! i hadn't seen those maps before.
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[personal profile] zana16 2010-03-30 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for this!