Branch Brook Park’s cherry blossom tradition began in 1927 when Caroline Bamberger Fuld donated 2,000 trees to the Essex County Parks system in memory of her late husband. Since then, the ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- It's cherry blossom season, and they're in full bloom right now at Essex County's Branch Brook Park. The park in Newark has more than 5,200 cherry blossom trees in more than a ...

County officials said that at least 100,000 visited Branch Brook Park to view the park’s 5,300 cherry blossom trees during the nine-day, 49th annual Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival.

Essex County Branch Brook Park has the largest and most varied collection of Japanese flowering cherry blossom trees in the United States; with 5,300 in 18 varieties. For more information, click here.

ESSEX COUNTY - The pace of cherry blossom plantings in historic Branch Brook Park was so swift it conjured up images of a flower-petal version of the arms race. But now, in this war of the blooms ...

A small army of volunteers, county workers and members of a local nonprofit maintain the more than 5,000 world-famous Japanese cherry blossom trees at Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ. Tariq Zehawi ...

This Cherry Blossom Welcome Center isn't just another feather in his cap — it's a love letter to the state, a space created by a local, for the locals. For North Jersey, Branch Brook Park is ...

Branch Brook’s original cherry blossom trees were planted in the 1920s — at one point, 2,500 trees bloomed each year. By 2006, the number had dwindled due to aging trees.

Cherry blossom watchers eagerly monitor the stages that precede full bloom to see when the peak in blooming will be. Walk through the stages of blossoming with us in these photos.