By Hannah Harris
The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., is a four-week-long festival celebrating the relationship between the United States and Japan, with peak bloom of the flowers spanning various days. Continue reading Exploring D.C.’s Cherry Blossom Festival, the history behind it
By Allison Seidel The cherry blossom trees in the Washington D.C. area are a crowd favorite — a beautiful signal that winter is over. Many University of Maryland students have visited the nearby city over the past few weeks, taking part in a tried-and-true weekend activity to officially welcome the spring season to the DMV area. Nicole Uhl, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Bethesda, … Continue reading D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival signals springtime to visitors
By Greta Easthom For the third year in a row, a warmer-than-average January and February has accelerated the arrival of Washington, D.C.’s annual cherry blossoms, according to the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. When 70 percent of the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin have fully grown, Capital Weather Gang considers this to be peak bloom. The average date for peak bloom, historically, was April … Continue reading Changing temperatures put peak dates for cherry blossoms into question
