Thanks to Tina Laze for contributing these photos to Daily Heights:
“Taken at the Cherry Blossom Festival last month. No story, really, other than pure enjoyment of a beatiful day. It was the last few hours of the festival, and one of my friends thought it’d be nice to just lay out on the grass. And who could resist a cartwheel given those circumstances?”
Shelly Freierman writes in the New York Times: “…the spring season of show houses and house and garden tours has begun in New York City. This year’s sampling includes private modern art collections, shiny new kitchens, lush plantings and antiques galore.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, FORT GREENE AND CLINTON HILL: About 15 private gardens and 6 community gardens will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District‘s annual garden walk on June 5.
Freierman says this will include: “… a stone-walled garden with grapevines, blueberries and strawberries; a terraced garden; and a landscape with the plants arranged around a raised pool. Six community gardens will also be included.”
You can get advance tickets for $10 at the Forest Floor (659 Vanderbilt Ave. at Park Place, Prospect Heights) and Hibiscus Garden Center (564 Vanderbilt Avenue at Bergen, Prospect Heights). More information: (718) 707-1277.
Link:
Spring Ambles in, Along With the Curious [New York Times]
The annual cherry blossom festival, or Sakura Matsuri, took place last Sunday at the esplanade in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Dope on the Slope was there with camera in hand, and even wrote a haiku about a beer line.
NOTE: The magically updating CherryWatch Blossom Status Map shows that the trees along the Japanese pond garden are pretty much past bloom, but the Cherry Esplanade and Cherry Walk are in peak bloom:
Taken at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Click here to enlarge). Thanks to Jose C. for the submission! “Love the site! Been in pros hts for 7 years and just came across it via friend of mine, Chris (uffish.com).
CHERRY BLOSSOM ALERT! It’s about that time again. Check out the action, nearly live, on the CherryWatch Blossom Status Map (updated whenever there is a noticeable change in the status of the blooms).