Friday, April 10, 2015

Kenwood braces for Cherry Blossom crowds in Bethesda (Photos)

The Kenwood neighborhood is getting ready for the masses who prefer a closer-to-home cherry blossom experience. That experience has been found annually along roads lined with grand homes and mature trees, like Dorset Avenue and Brookside Drive. What won't be found, is street parking.

No parking signs have been erected in the neighborhood off of River Road in Bethesda, by order of Montgomery County Police. That means taking a bus like the T2 from the Friendship Heights Metro to River Road and Brookside Drive, or biking or walking along the Capital Crescent Trail, which winds through part of Kenwood. While in the neighborhood, check out the work of the Kenwood Garden Club, and sample a refreshing lemonade, if a lemonade stand pops up along your travels.

As for the actual Kenwood cherry blossoms? The buds were just starting to bloom yesterday.
Cherry blossom tree in Kenwood
last evening

9 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:26 AM

    "...a closer-to-home cherry blossom experience. That experience has been found annually..."

    "No parking signs have been erected in the neighborhood"

    "[S]ample a refreshing lemonade, if a lemonade stand pops up along your travels."

    "Cherry blossom tree"

    LOL

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    1. 5:26: Cutting and pasting excerpts from an article as a thumb-twiddling exercise. You are obviously the most bored punk in the Bethesda. "LOL"

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  2. Anonymous5:41 AM

    This blog is the best place for bored Bethesdans to sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes.

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  3. Anonymous5:51 AM

    Better than the tidal basin area for sure. Truly breathtaking. If you own a nice convertible you could clean up selling very slow 15 minute rides around the neighborhood.

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  4. Anonymous6:19 AM

    I'll probably park at Westbard's huge lot and just walk to it from there.

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  5. Anonymous7:11 AM

    I hate cherry blossoms, puppies, babies and surface parking.

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    1. 7:11: Dan Reed? Or Rollin Stanley?

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  6. Anonymous5:06 PM

    I would rather peer at seasonal trees than retail any day, so thank you for bothering with stories like this one.





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  7. Anonymous6:40 PM

    Thank you for this timely information for this weekend, with the photo of trees just starting to bloom. This helps us to plan for Sunday - we are meeting friends and were hoping there would be some flowers to see.

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