We are so fortunate to live very close to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and one of the benefits of being Pratt Institute <\/a>Alum\u00a0is that we get free admission for life! \u00a0Every spring we attend\u00a0the Sakura Matsuri<\/a> which is a Brooklyn-Japanese festival\u00a0that began in 1982 celebrating the full bloom of the cherry tree blossoms.<\/p>\n