Cherry Blossom Kids Art

Cherry Blossom Kids Art

To celebrate the annual blooming of cherry trees, kids around the world draw images of the cherry trees, festival, and what it means to them.

More Ways to Celebrate the Cherry Blossoms
Bloom Cam
Bloom Cam

Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring and symbolize hope, renewal, and friendship. With fewer visitors expected to see the blooming cherry trees in person this year, the Trust for the National Mall along with its partners, the National Park Service and The National Cherry Blossom Festival, are bringing the beloved and blooming Cherry Trees to YOU during their peak bloom!

Enjoy them this season from the comfort of your home or wherever you are around the world!

Virtual Hanami: Cherry Blossom Zoom Backgrounds
Virtual Hanami: Cherry Blossom Zoom Backgrounds

“Hanami” literally translates to “flower watching” and is the practice of eating and drinking to welcome the arrival of spring and enjoy the warm spring weather anywhere the gently falling cherry blossoms can be found. People gather around cherry blossom trees with family and friends to enjoy delicious drinks and food under the beautiful pink trees, often with the petals gently snowing from the branches when in full bloom.

The Trust’s digital marketing team has created Zoom backgrounds you can use to brighten up your next virtual team meeting and transform your next virtual happy hour into a virtual Hanami.

Cherry Blossom Kids Art
Cherry Blossom Kids Art

To celebrate the annual blooming of cherry trees, kids around the world draw images of the cherry trees, festival, and what it means to them. Children of all ages can join in the activity by drawing and submitting their own pictures about the springtime bloom!

Virtual Classroom: "Ready, Set, Bloom: Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C."
Virtual Classroom: "Ready, Set, Bloom: Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C."

Celebrate springtime with your students by joining National Park Service Park Rangers for a virtual education program about Washington, D.C.'s famous cherry blossom trees.

Designed for an elementary school audience, this program allows students to discover the historic significance of the trees, the math and science behind determining peak bloom, and consider how we all can help protect these natural resources.

360 Tidal Basin
360 Tidal Basin

There's so much to explore! Hop in a paddle boat and see the Tidal Basin from the water side! Join us for a virtual paddle boat tour during the bloom or take a virtual walk around the Tidal Basin trail and visit some of the monuments around and near the Tidal Basin trail in 360 degrees.

Digital Cherry Blossom Puzzles
Digital Cherry Blossom Puzzles

In celebration of peak bloom of the cherry blossoms on the National Mall, play our free daily jigsaw puzzle every day for a fun and unique daily challenge. No downloads or installs needed.

We will post a new puzzle at 12:00pm ET daily. Play online today!

Become a Blooming' Junior Ranger
Become a Blooming' Junior Ranger

Take a virtual walk around the Tidal Basin with a ranger and friends. Investigate the Mystery of the Broken Branch, learn all about the cherry trees, and learn how you can help protect the trees.

Cherry Tree Field Guide
Cherry Tree Field Guide

There are approximately 3,800 cherry trees on the National Mall. The initial gift of 3,020 trees was represented by 12 different varieties. Two varieties, the Yoshino and Kwanzan, are now the most common type in Washington DC. Other tree types found in the park include the Autumn Flowering Cherry with semi-double, pink flowers, the Sargent Cherry with single, deep pink flowers, the Usuzumi Cherry with white-grey flowers, and the Takesimensis Cherry with clusters of white flowers.

Cherry Blossom Facts & Figures
Cherry Blossom Facts & Figures

Visit the National Park Service’s cherry blossom web page to understand the five stages of bloom and track the history of the trees as they’ve reached each stage – past and present.

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