In the spring, crowds expect a beautiful show as the trees blossom along the edge of the Tidal Basin next to the Jefferson Memorial.

VOA: special.2010.02.23

On March twenty-seventh,nineteen twelve, Missus Taft and the wife of the Japanese Ambassador together planted two trees at a part of the river called the tidal basin.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

There are around a half-million cases a year, mostly in the Amazon basin, a region heavily affected by deforestation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17