April 2, 2020. Though ‘Akebono’ have opened Downtown (check out Jessica Tremblay’s virtual tour), the early cherries are still doing their progression in the rest of the city, and are holding on with the cool weather; the mid-season cherries are opening as well, no joke!
We are doing a three-day run of ‘Afterglow’, from three different neighbourhoods. The cherry scouts were excited to discover this cultivar in Vancouver ten years ago. Lisa Lennie posted these mid-season ‘Afterglow’ flowers at Balaclava and 5th, in the Kitsilano neighbourhood.
You can look for all our cherry cultivar locations on the festival map.
Our festival blogger has been writing good stuff at https://www.vcbf.ca/blog. She has just done a snazzy time-line of ten of our most popular cultivars:
Blooming Now: a visual timeline for cherry blossom viewing in Vancouver
Blossom photos that have been featured here and on the festival blog are being collected in our Blossoms Photo Gallery (you can navigate to it from the About pages). Photo names have the date, location, cultivar and photographer name. The Photo Gallery page also has albums of Favourite Streets and Parks, photos that have appeared on this Blooming Now page from this and previous years.
Festival Favourites in bloom
Some of our festival favourite photo-op locations are shown here with current year photos. Red markers on our festival map show all our favourite locations. Have a look at what our scouts have posted in our Neighbourhood Blogs.
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Kitsilano ‘Afterglow’
Balaclava and 5th Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Kitsilano |
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Renfrew-Collingwood ‘Somei-yoshino’
27th and Windermere Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Renfrew-Collingwood |
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Mount Pleasant ‘Akebono’
Vancouver City Hall, south side Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Mount Pleasant |
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Kerrisdale ‘Pandora’
Arbutus and 51st Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Kerrisdale |
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Marpole ‘Umineko’
Oak, south of 70th Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Marpole |
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Oakridge ‘Accolade’
Laurel, 52nd to 54th Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Oakridge |
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Marpole ‘Accolade’
West 75th, east of Angus Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Marpole |
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Grandview-Woodland ‘Akebono’
Woodland at 8th Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Grandview-Woodland |
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West End / Stanley Park ‘Akebono’
Alberni entrance to Stanley Park Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for West End / Stanley Park |
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Downtown ‘Akebono’
David Lam Park Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Downtown |
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Kensington-Cedar Cottage ‘Akebono’
22nd and Windsor Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Kensington-Cedar Cottage |
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Marpole ‘Somei-yoshino’
64th at French Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Marpole |
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Downtown ‘Akebono’
Art Phillips Park (Burrard Station) Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Downtown |
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Kensington-Cedar Cottage ‘Beni-shidare’
35th and Culloden Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Kensington-Cedar Cottage |
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Burnaby ‘Pandora’ Fairlawn and Brentlawn Bloom Dates: Mar 18 to Apr 1 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Burnaby |
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Richmond ‘Shosar’ Minoru Blvd and Alderbridge Bloom Dates: Mar 19 to Mar 28 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Richmond |
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Victoria-Fraserview ‘Accolade’ Nanaimo and 48th Bloom Dates: Mar 21 to Mar 31 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Victoria-Fraserview |
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Richmond ‘Pandora’ Jones Road near Garden City Bloom Dates: Mar 21 to Apr 4 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Richmond |
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Kensington-Cedar Cottage ‘Accolade’ Dumfries at 22nd Bloom Dates: Mar 21 to Apr 4 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Kensington-Cedar Cottage |
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West End / Stanley Park ‘Accolade’ Chilco Mini-park Bloom Dates: Mar 15 to Mar 27 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for West End / Stanley Park |
Festival Favourites no longer in bloom
Locations featured here are no longer in bloom, are posted here for reference.
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Burnaby ‘Whitcomb’ Ayshire and Aubrey Bloom Dates: Mar 7 to Mar 29 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Burnaby |
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Riley Park ‘Whitcomb’ Tea Swamp Park Bloom Dates: Mar 7 to Mar 29 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Riley Park |
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Oakridge ‘Whitcomb’ Tisdall Park Bloom Dates: Mar 7 to Mar 29 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for Oakridge |
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West End / Stanley Park ‘Whitcomb’ Nicola mini-park at Pendrell Bloom Dates: Jan 26 to Mar 14 Read more at the UBC Botanical Garden Forums Blog for West End / Stanley Park |