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The Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park in Essex County starts this weekend.

Festivities begin Saturday with the Cherry Blossom Bike Race and Sunday’s 10K Run

Activities resume next weekend with Family and BloomFest.

Essex County Branch Brook Park has the largest and most varied collection of Japanese flowering cherry blossom trees in the United States; with 5,300 in 18 varieties.

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