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There is no surer sign of springtime in Portland than the arrival of the cherry blossoms. Those pink-and-white fluffs, that cotton-candy canopy—the way the rain of petals feels, as Bryan Vance put it on a recent episode of City Cast Portland, like something out of a Disney movie. It’s incredible. And fleeting.

What are the best events? How do we get there? What should we do with kids? Where can we see cherry blossoms besides the Tidal Basin? All your questions answered.

The National Park Service has projected the dates for peak bloom to fall at the end of March. The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. runs from March 20 to April 13 this year. The National Park Service has projected the dates for the 2025 peak bloom to fall between March 28 and March 31.

We were able to go to the festival years ago when I was in the Army and we lived in Petersburg, Virginia, and it was spectacular!

The prediction for the 2025 Cherry Blossom’s peak bloom has been revealed. The National Park Service says they expect a pink tidal basin from March 28 to March 30th. News4’s Tommy McFly explains what it means,