I was reading a plaque at the park, and apparently the park was designed by Frederick Olmstead, the same man who designed Central Park in New York City. The Yoshino cherry trees were a later edition, and they are from the same stock as the cherry trees in the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.
Here's a close up of one of the weeping cherry trees:
The Yoshino cherry trees were planted in 1932, and have some wonderful twists and knots in the trunk, and every once in a while a new branch pops out and it looks like there are flowers growing off the trunk:
And another one:
The joys of trying to get three children to stand still for a picture!
As you can see from how we were bundled up, it was a little on the cool and breezy side - I would be shocked if it was above 50 - but it was just a glorious sunny day.
Happy Easter!
5 comments:
Looks like a fabulous day!! Happy Easter!
Beautiful! Still raining here.
Beautiful pictures!! Looks like a great day, despite the breeze :)
Happy Easter Jo, your pictures are beautiful :0)
It's a hodgepodge park! Love those trees--ours are starting to get there but aren't quite there yet.
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