The Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park will take place from April 5 to April 13 with peak bloom expected the second and third weeks of April. The park has the largest and most varied collection of Japanese Flowering Cherry Blossom trees in the nation,

Cherry blossom trees are starting to bloom for the 2025 season around NYC, as they reach their peak in Washington, D.C.

Cherry blossoms at Branch Brook Park at Newark and Belleville are expected to reach peak bloom between early and mid-April 2025.