April showers may have wrecked our cherry blossoms, but something new always grows! Here’s where to celebrate the season in the area.

At Nats Park this season, there will be plenty of bobbleheads, lots more cherry blossom-themed merchandise, and food from Jammin’ Island BBQ and Capo Italian Deli.

Call it the cherry blossom in the coal mine. One early-blooming tree suggests peak bloom could be very early this year, after an unusually warm winter.

While it’s too soon to predict peak bloom for Washington’s famous cherry blossoms, other plants are emerging early due to warmer temperatures.

Young journalist Ilana Washington interviewed NPS about the history of the flowering trees that draw people to D.C. from around the world.

Beware of traffic closures related to Nationals Opening Day, too.

The National Park Service has announced that at least 70 percent of the cherry trees’ buds have begun to blossom.

Officials are once again trying to prevent people coming en mass to the Tidal Basin to see the blossoms amid the pandemic.

The new peak bloom date range is March 21-24.

Cherry blossoms have already been spotted around the National Mall. But does that mean the peak bloom will be early this year?