SAKURA WATCH

 Cherry blossom news:

•  Trees will soon be blooming by the parking lot of Mead Memorial Park, entrance at 241 Park Street, New Canaan CT 06840. 

• To see which cherry trees are blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, click their Cherry Watch.

• The New York Botanic Garden has a Spring Bloom Tracker for cherry blossoms and other flowers. 

• The New York city parks has a webpage describing 10 cherry blossom sites in the city.  This one HERE is specifically for Central Park.

• The trees in Stamford's Mill River Park  will soon be blooming.

• In 2022 a beautiful tree bloomed in Mathews Park in Norwalk, shown in the above photo.

• Goldfish pond, Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam CT. Our sister society, the Japan Society of Greater Hartford, planted cherry trees in this area. JSGH is having a picnic for their members at the end April, so they think the cherries will bloom about then.  The park grounds and restrooms are open daily from 8 am to sunset. (Castle closed until May 27, 2023).

• Historic Wooster Square, New Haven. According to this blog, Wooster Square cherry trees had "green tips" on March 16.  The blog will keep us posted.

• There are said to be cherry trees in Edgewater Park, Edgewood Ave., New Haven, CT 06511

CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVALS:

• April 22, 2023: JAANY Sakura Matsuri at the Flushing Meadow Corona Park.

• May 7, 2023: Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri) at Stony Brook University’s Charles B. Wang Center. Junko Fisher, who has performed for JSFC multiple times, will do Ryukyu (Okinawan) Dance. Masayo Ishigure, world renown Koto player, will perform with her Koto and Samisen ensemble Miyabi. Go to https://ryushukan.com/cherry-blossom-festival-sakura-matsuri-home/ for more information.