Picture Perfect: 29 Reasons to Love Cherry Blossom Season
Whether you're enjoying them in New Zealand or around the world, 'tis the season to revel in drifts of soft pink blooms carpeting the ground
With a few semi-tropical exceptions (Northland, we’re looking at you) most parts of New Zealand are lucky enough to have climates with a satisfying turn of proper seasons. We may not all get snow, but we do get glorious springs before the heat of summer: crisp sunny days, enough rain to keep the garden happy. And blossoms, lots of blossoms, as the stone and pip-fruit trees come back to life.
While we hang out for the delicacy of cherries by Christmas, shipped from Hawkes Bay and Central Otago, streets and backyards in traditional suburbs around the country are a mass of pink and white cherry blossoms. Take a bite out of your day and enjoy the sweetness of 28 bountiful blossom schemes from around the world, perfect to enjoy if you don’t have one stretching it’s blooms out near you.
While we hang out for the delicacy of cherries by Christmas, shipped from Hawkes Bay and Central Otago, streets and backyards in traditional suburbs around the country are a mass of pink and white cherry blossoms. Take a bite out of your day and enjoy the sweetness of 28 bountiful blossom schemes from around the world, perfect to enjoy if you don’t have one stretching it’s blooms out near you.
1. Close-up living. Yamanashi, Japan
2. Local heroes. Tauranga, New Zealand
3. Homage to Zen. California, USA
4. To the manor born. Newark, USA
5. Contemporary counterpoint. Burgwedel, Germany
6. Playing peekaboo. New York, USA
7. Colour harmonies. London, UK
8. A fruitful backyard. Toronto, Canada
9. Grand avenue. New York, USA
10. Spring sculpture. California, USA
11. Petal and steel courtyard. Melbourne, Australia
12. Framing the moongate. Boston, USA
15. Gracious weeping cherry. Melbourne, Australia
16. Windowseat close-up. Black Forest, Germany
17. Poetic walkway. New Jersey, USA
18. Lapping up the sun. Atlanta, USA
19. View from a bridge. Saitama, Japan
20. Country spread. Philadelphia, USA
21. Courtyard contemplation. London, UK
22. Framed courtyard. Sydney, Australia
23. Spreading lawn for wandering. Maine, USA
24. Rockery centrepiece. London, UK
25. Barn tradition. Skien, Norway
26. Spring hillsides. New York, USA
27. The gate escape. Connecticut, USA
28. Inside story. New York, USA
29. Sitting pretty. San Francisco, USA