Celebrating 15 fabulous flower fun years of the Wooster Square Blossom Blog!
Start planning your pilgrimage now — after all, Wooster Square was named one of National Geographic’s Top 10 Cherry Blossom Destinations in the USA. Not bad for our little neighborhood with big pink dreams.
It’s wild to think this is year 15. What started as a half‑assigned, half‑accidental volunteer job from the Historic Wooster Square Association — “take pictures and… report something?” — turned into a full‑blown blossom‑forecasting phenomenon. So I built a Blogger blog (still standing!), then came Twitter (RIP), and now Facebook, Instagram, and this blooming corner of the internet.
And yes, the original purpose was simple:
Stop people from calling Charlie Murphy 4,000 times every spring.
Back then, I gave directions to Wooster Street more often than Siri.
Fast‑forward fifteen flowerful years, and we’re still predicting peak bloom the old‑fashioned way:
I bend the facts, break the rules, and somehow get it right.
Fourteen straight correct predictions — Blossomation brilliance.
This year is extra special. 2026 marks 20 years living in Wooster Square, and 20 years since I met my Bride and Joy Cheryl while walking my dog in the park. The rest? Pure Wooster Square history.
We’ve spent the last two posts breaking down how winter weather shapes our blossoms — and this cold, steady season has us in a very good zone. Cold winters = coordinated blooms. Fingers crossed.
After consulting the Blossom Blog mainframe (me), reviewing charts (mine), and playing a few rounds of Euchre (also me), we have our date.
🌸 Peak Wooster Square Cherry Blossoms: April 19, 2026
Exactly 103 days from today.
Mark your calendars, blossom buddies — and follow the Wooster Square Blossom Blog on Facebook, Instagram, and everywhere petals fall.
Thanks to our 15 year Sponsor:
Cheryl Szczarba, Realtor
Seabury Hill Realtors
233 Wooster Street
New Haven, CT 06511
203-996-8328
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