Since the beginning of April, I had been checking the Botanical Garden's website like a stalker waiting to find out when the cherry trees would be in blossom. Finally, last week they were in full bloom. Thursday was the only day without a rainy forecast, so I headed off to Brooklyn to see blooming cherry trees for the first time. It was so great I spent about four hours wandering the park and taking way too many pictures.
This is my favorite pic of the blossomsI couldn't decide which I enjoyed more, the Cherry Blossoms or the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. This one was originally built in 1915 by a famous Japanese architect. I had never seen a Japanese garden before and was stunned. It was very peaceful and the whole thing was so precisely arranged with pathways, bridges, stone lanterns, and pines... I loved it!
The Lilac Garden was also great. There was every shade of purple from nearly white to dark fuschia, and surprisingly each tree had a little bit different fragrance.
It was well worth the long train ride into Brooklyn and all the online stalking.
4 comments:
Man, that's awesome. I didn't even realize that there was a botanical garden in Brooklyn. I'm going to have to check that out.
that is so beautiful!! What a neat place to go.
Love the blossoms-they're gorgeous! So pretty and green...I bet you're loving it. Are you sure you don't want to move back right away...it's going to be over 100 degrees today....I'm sure that will make you want to come over right away!!!! Keep on having fun and posting the pics-it's neat to see some of the sights from afar!
it was fun talking to you today. The blossoms are so pretty, I "thought" i liked growing up in Phoenix...but I now realize so much that we missed out on :-) Enjoy it!
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