Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the Spring Featuring Cherry Blossoms and Bluebells
Spring is a magical time at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York. After a long, cold winter, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the spring comes alive with vibrant colors, sweet fragrances, and the cheerful songs of birds, It is such a pleasure to visit in the spring, first for the cherry blossoms, and then for the bluebells, followed by the rose garden. It lends itself to a stroll through the Cherry Esplanade, where thousands of cherry trees burst into bloom, or explore the Shakespeare Garden, where literary quotes and flowers mingle in a charming tribute to the Bard.
Each visit in the spring makes it feel like a completely different garden, and an absolute delight for the senses.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cherry Blossoms
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is very well known for its Cherry Esplanade, which is a green lawn bordered by rows of Cherry Trees that bloom in unison, creating canopies of pink flowers that are an absolute marvel to behold. These usually bloom at the end of April.
A view of the Cherry Esplanade from a lookout point –
And here is a video to experience the cherry blossoms –
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Bluebells Bluebells
Once the cherry blossom season is over, it is time for the bluebells in early May. The garden is taken over by fields of 45,000 bluebells and other flowering plants that made for a stunning visit. I am adding bluebell season to my list of must dos every year now.
I had to capture the experience of walking through the bluebells of course!
Other Spring Flowers at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is always bursting with color and flowering plants everywhere in the spring, which always seem so much brighter when the sun is out.
Closing Thoughts
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden – or the Brooklyn Botanical Garden as it is sometimes referred to – is great to visit any time of year, but especially in the spring where the standout events include the Cherry Blossoms in full bloom, followed by the bluebells that take over the garden. This is followed by the rose garden in full bloom in early summer, and the light installation in the winter, among other events, giving New Yorkers and visitors all many reasons to return to the garden again and again.
