Abigail Galindo takes a picture with her son Eli under a cherry blossom tree in Jackson Park, Saturday, April 12, 2025.

After a few years of underwhelming results due to inconsistent weather conditions, cherry blossom trees at Jackson Park come back at full swing.

DC's famous Cherry Blossom Festival draws crowds to see the beautiful pink blooms around the National Mall and Tidal Basin. Over a century ago, the National Mall stood bare without cherry trees ...

Road closures from the annual Cherry Blossom races will shut down ... and 12th Street NW in Downtown D.C., heading down Pennsylvania Avenue and cutting around multiple museums and federal buildings.

In the US, the National Cherry Blossom Festival originated in 1912, in Washington, D.C., as a gift of friendship from Japan, with 3,000 cherry trees presented by Tokyo's mayor, Yukio Ozaki ...

Back in 1912, the mayor of Tokyo gifted 3,000 cherry blossom trees to the city of DC, and they were initially planted around the Tidal Basin. In the decades since, they’ve become a major tourist ...

That’s a lot to spring on them! A Virginia family got the surprise of a lifetime while posing next to the famed cherry blossom trees in Washington, DC — when former president Barack Obama ...

What to know about DC’s cherry blossoms in 2025 Where to celebrate cherry blossom season in the DC area Can you identify the first pair of cherry trees ever ... blossoms and cutting off their ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Peak bloom has been cut short for the District ... over the next few weeks for the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which lasts until April 13. For a live look at the ...

Millions of tourists from all over flock to the nation’s capital each spring to catch a glimpse of the treasured cherry blossom ... destroy, cut, break, injure or remove any tree, shrub or ...

There’s a new Stumpy in town. The original stump-shaped cherry tree, beloved by Washingtonians, was cut down by the National Park Service in May to rebuild the seawall on the south side of the ...