It’s officially time to stop and see the cherry blossoms.
Peak bloom season has begun at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, according to the garden’s Cherry Watch blossom tracker, which does exactly what it sounds like: keeps track of precisely how beautiful the BBG’s cherry trees are at any given moment.
And as of Monday, every single tree on the map — from the famous Cherry Esplanade to the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden — is in “peak bloom,” the BBG says.
The flowers are right on time for the garden’s annual cherry blossom festival and celebration of Japanese culture, Sakura Matsuri, set to take place at the garden this weekend.
To beat the crowds (if you can) and save on admission (the festival costs $25 a pop), visit the garden on a weekday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., for $12 a person.
Or, if you can’t get there yourself, live vicariously through the ten thousand cherry blossom Instagrammers living their best lives right now:
