2024 - 11th Annual Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival Event, Buffalo’s Japanese Garden in Delaware Park (Food, Performers, Tea Ceremony, Activities..)NEW

Annual Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival Event at Buffalo’s Japanese Garden in Delaware Park. The Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival is an Annual Event that started in 2014. Its original goal was to bring awareness to our Cherry Tree Grove in the Japanese Garden in Buffalo and to support the upkeep of this treasure. The mission has expanded to encourage Cherry Tree Plantings in Buffalo in order to bring a springtime 'Blizzard of Blossoms' to Buffalo, following our Winter Blizzards.

Cherry Blossom Festival Dates
April 27 - 28, 2024 

Location
The Buffalo History Museum (TBHM) 1 Museum Court, off Elmwood Avenue

Event Detail Schedule 


Activity Tables
Bonsai, origami, folk dolls and Kanazawa Sister city located inside the Buffalo History Museum.

Pink boat rides on Mirror Lake: Take a ride around Mirror Lake and see the garden from a different angle.

Volunteers and Visitors in the Garden Event
McKinley High School Horticulture Students; sharing their knowledge about the trees. Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters and Niagara Painters will paint in the garden.

Vendors for the Day:
1. BCBF Information 2. MIA 3. Buffalo Olmsted Parks 4. JGB Shibuki Japanese Drum Group 7. Veterans’ One-Stop Center of WNY 8. Japan Culture Center WNY 9. Blossom Designs New York 10. L & J Creations 11. A Henna Painter 12. Brenda Zosh 14. Four Fights Distilling

Cherry Blossom Challenge’ Orienteering
Sunday, May 1, 11am
Navigate your way on either a 2.5 or 2 mile course that starts and ends at the Japanese Garden traversing Delaware Park including the History Museum, Hoyt Lake, Marcy Casino, Rose Garden, Rumsey Woods, and Mirror Lake. The start is at 11:00 am near the Buffalo History Museum on Nottingham Terrace. Designed for any experience level, walkers or runners. Instruction available. Registration in advance is required. $10 fee includes instruction, event and 5-color map. More Information available here

Where do I park athe the Cherry Blossom Event?
Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot. If that is full on the days of the festival, street parking is available. Please read the City signs to confirm that your parking is legal. The police will ticket illegally parked vehicles. Additionally, we enjoy a good relationship with our neighbors, so we ask that you park with consideration of the home owners in the neighborhood. Please do not block any driveway.music