Like many Chicagoans, Morse, 68, of Hyde Park, was entranced when she heard that the region’s largest single collection of cherry trees would be planted on the banks of the Columbia Basin, just south of the Museum of Science and Industry. Morse, a gardener and wildflower expert for the Hyde Park Garden Fair, started visiting the site every spring, hoping to see the first frothy pink and white sea of whisper-thin petals.
In a first for Chicago, the 160 cherry trees lining the Columbia Basin are in full bloom: ‘You’re just surrounded by the blossoms’
