The Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing at New Jersey's Branch Brook Park, which has more than 5,000 cherry blossom trees.
NEWARK , N.J. -- It's a special time of year for those who love cherry blossoms.The trees are bursting into bloom at Branch Brook Park in Newark , and the Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing.Branch Brook Park runs through Belleville and Newark , and it is glowing with the bright pink and white flowers of the cherry blossom bloom.The park has more than 5,000 cherry blossom trees -- even more than the national display in Washington, D.C.
Zameena Latif was celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. She was thrilled it lined up with the bloom.'And it's miraculous. We appreciate all the beauty of nature, and all the beauty that God created,' she said.Sure, the trees look sweet now, but all good things come to an end. In a few days, the flowers will be gone.Artists, like Haworth-based Joel Mitnick, have a short window to leave their impression.
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