It’s really happening! D.C.’s cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom, the National Park Service announced Monday afternoon.
The big news comes two days after the trees hit stage five, puffy white, on Saturday, which happened to be the last day of winter. Puffy white was the last phase before peak bloom.
If you can’t make it down to the Tidal Basin right now, you can take a look at what’s happening live on the BloomCam.
The year is the first time since before the start of the pandemic that D.C. will celebrate a full, in-person National Cherry Blossom Festival. The festival kicked off Sunday and runs through April 17. The next big festival event is the Blossom Kite Festival on the grounds of the Washington Monument, coming up this weekend.
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