Cherry Blossom Seattle Japanese Garden

The cherry trees were mostly leafed out by april 10 2020.

Cherry blossom seattle japanese garden. Jefferson park was very popular amongst japanese americans living in seattle in the 1920s so to celebrate the park s 100 th birthday the seattle cherry blossom japanese cultural festival committee donated 25 cherry trees to be planted at jefferson in 2012. The flowers of cherry trees have been admired by the people of china korea and japan for over 1300 years. The earliest blooming varieties of plum and cherry blossom trees along seattle city streets could start to bloom the weekend of march 14 2020 particularly if the weather warms up and the sun comes out. Seattle cherry blossom and japanese cultural festival.

To get to jefferson park from seattle southside. Winding paths and benches invite you to view the garden slowly and mindfully in all of its detail stones water lanterns bridges buildings plants and animals. Jefferson park beacon hill seattle. Seattle cherry blossom and japanese cultural festival seattle washington.

Welcome to the seattle cherry blossom japanese cultural festival. The festival was initiated by a gift of 1 000 cherry trees that were given to seattle on may 8 1976. The term sato zakura literally village cherries refers to flowering cherries of garden origin that are grown for their floral display. These trees do not occur in the wild they result instead from complex crosses involving various cherry tree species native to or.

Seattle japanese garden is 3 5 acre urban sanctuary. Seasonal changes are constant and every visit refreshingly unique. Connected to the washington park arboretum the seattle japanese garden is a separate entity and has an entry fee. The cherry blossom trees at the japanese garden tend to bloom a week or two after the trees at uw so this can be a great destination if you re a few steps behind the peak blossoms.

On march 27 first lady taft and the viscountess chinda wife of the japanese ambassador planted two cherry trees on the northern bank of the tidal basin. The fort worth japanese garden west of dallas boasts one of the most impressive cherry blossom displays in texas. Each year we put on a weekend long celebration of japanese and japanese american culture. It covers 7 5 acres and features cherry trees magnolias bamboos japanese maples and koi ponds.