Flowering Cherries at BBG

Cherry Tree Collection
A Helpful Guide

Visit our guide to the cherry tree collection to learn where the trees are located in the Garden and how you can tell them apart.

Stages of Bloom
Photographs

Get a close-up view as BBG's cherry trees go from buds to beautiful blossoms.

Cherry Time-Lapse
Cherry Walk Blooms

Created from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, this time-lapse shows off Brooklyn Botanic Garden's famed Cherry Walk like nothing else.

Hanami on Flickr
Visitor Photos

See visitor photos on the BBG Hanami Flickr pool. Add pictures of your visit!

Above: Planet Cherry, by David Reeves at flickr

Sakura Matsuri
Cosplay Portraits

Photographer Anna Fischer shares cosplay portraits she took at the 2009 Sakura Matsuri festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Kids of Hanami
Photo Contest

View the Mommy Poppins Kids of Hanami photo contest entries.

Above: In the Pink, by geddon22 at flickr

Send an eCard
Hanami Collection

Celebrate Hanami at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Send a cherry e-card to a friend!

Hanami Shop
Celebrate Spring!

Peruse a special collection of cherry blossom–inspired apparel, jewelry, and gifts.

What Is Hanami?

Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the cherry blossom season. At Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hanami is a New York City "rite of spring."

Visitors can stroll under a canopy of cherry trees, savor Japanese entrees at the Terrace Café, and share photos online.