Centennial Arboretum — Attraction in Philadelphia

The Centennial Arboretum, a 27-acre oasis, is located at the Horticulture Center within Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. It’s a place of natural beauty and historical significance, open daily to the public without charge. The arboretum boasts a rich collection of specimen trees and shrubs from Asia, Europe, and North America, many of which were planted back in 1876 for the American Centennial Exposition. Notably, the arboretum is also home to the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, a traditional-style Japanese house brought to Philadelphia in 1957, and it serves as the location for the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, a celebration of spring and...

The annual site for the huge #PhiladelphiaCherryBlossomFestival!!! #ILoveIt!! It's beautiful all year round here but so much more so when the PCBF is here! The good food, fun, entertainment, workshops, meeting so many artisans from this country and Japan, the hundreds of creative #Cosplay (A person dressing up like their favorite #JapaneseAnime, #Marvel, #DC, movies... character) festival goers... They even setup a picturesque #DogPark which doubles as everyone's favorite Photography backdrop destination throughout the many acres! And I get to photograph and film it all!! #FamilyFun #DontMissThisEventInPhilly #ISeeYouEverywhere #BillAndrewsPhotography...

We usually bring some picnic sheets with friends. 22 ppl together with Cherry blossoms Picnic 🌸 Hanami 🌸 for this time. These years we didn't see any TOILET(if not open the garden) but This year, some portable toilet in there by Shofuso and Parking area by Montgomery creek valley. 🥚 We did an egg hunt for our kids 🥚

There is Cherry blossoms fes in Mid April too. Taiko or some performances , C costume competition food trucks,...