The season of pink has arrived.

Although the coronavirus outbreak has made it difficult to enjoy the cherry trees, it’s still possible to admire the blossoms from a safe distance, either by scrolling through online cherry trackers, strolling through a park that is still open, finding the perfect view through a closed gate, or even driving through New Jersey.

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a Sakura Matsuri, or cherry blossom festival, has been an annual tradition since 1982.

But this year the garden’s 214 cherry trees will bloom without an audience. The festival, which can draw some 70,000 people over one weekend, has been canceled. The garden, closed.

“It’s sad to say, but it’s absolutely gorgeous there,” said Ronnit Bendavid-Val, the director of horticulture at the garden. “Everything holds its breath for a minute between winter and spring,” she continued, “and then there’s this explosion of spring.”