Cherry Blossom Festival

Stumpy’s long fight against the rising tides near the Tidal Basin comes to an end in May. There’s nothing the NPS can do to save him. But the National Arboretum is working to preserve his legacy through propagation. Here’s how it works.

Get in the spring spirit with these National Cherry Blossom Festival 2024 events in the D.C. area

See a map of D.C’s cherry trees plus some of the best viewing spots in Maryland and Virginia.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off for 2024 with music, crowds and beautiful blooms. Freixys Casado reports.

From flowers to whiskey to a traffic-stopping 10-Miler mascot, D.C. residents are sending Stumpy out on his last peak bloom with a bang.

Cherry blossom season is the perfect time for a leisurely afternoon tea. Maybe it’s because we’re already dressed up to get a petal-filled picture, or we want to warm up after a cool spring day of hanami (the Japanese word for cherry blossom viewing). The delicate flowers certainly remind us of the adorable finger-food treats you find a...

Four years after his initial rise to fame, Stumpy’s time with us is coming to an end: 159 cherry trees, Stumpy included, will be cut down in May to repair the seawall in that area.

The countdown to peak bloom is on, but when will we countdown in 2070?

As cherry blossom season approaches in D.C., Metro is in bloom, too. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has released the designs for their annual cherry blossom-themed trains, buses and commemorative SmarTrip cards. The commemorative SmarTrip cards will feature illustrations of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington...

The Scene’s Tommy McFly shares four ways U.S. and Japanese culture intersects beyond the cherry trees around D.C.’s Tidal Basin.

How did D.C. get so many cherry trees? It’s all thanks to an Industrial-era travel writer, a former FLOTUS, some Japanese diplomats and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Peak cherry blossom bloom is when 70% of the Yoshino blossoms are out. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper explains as the climate warms, peak bloom happens earlier. 

The cherry trees are in real trouble. Over the past 25 years, we’ve seen sea level rise of about three inches. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but over the next 30 years, we’re expecting sea level rise of nearly a foot.