Tempe Blooms
January 24-25, 2026
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An Award-Winning Celebration of Flowers and Art!
Experience Downtown Tempe in full bloom at this one-of-a-kind experience. Stroll through the downtown district, transformed into a breathtaking floral wonderland, featuring 21 real & spectacular floral displays crafted by local floral designers. Watch 10 live mural creations come to life, shop from over 70+ local vendors at our floral-inspired market, enjoy rotating live music across 10 locations, and indulge in flowerful specials from Downtown Tempe’s businesses.
Stay tuned for all the flowerful fun updates!
What You'll Find
Meet the Floral Designers
VISIT ANY INFO BOOTH AT THE EVENT
and pick up an event map!
3rd Street & Mill Ave | 5th Street & Mill Ave | Ragsdale-MLK Park
Saturday
100 Mill Plaza (Location 1)
All Day! DJ RichGirl
Centerpooint Plaza (Location 12)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Eric Douglas
12:30pm - 2:30pm: CHKLZ
3:00pm - 5:00pm: CHKLZ
College Ave Commons (Location 6)
All Day! Late Nite Boogie
Flower Power Park (Location 10)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Sydney Swanson
12:30pm - 2:30pm: The Tumbleweeds
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Dean Nelson
Hayden Flower Mill (Location 2)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Fargo Arizona
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Rideshare Jazz
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Nicki Park
Post Office Corner (Location 16)
All Day! DJ Syn
MLK-Ragsdale Park (Location 15)
All Day! Thomas Gray (Mill Ave entrance to the park)
All Day! Jam Pak
Located at the Southeast corner of the park:
10:30am - 12:00pm: James Mills of People Who Could Fly
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Jack Alves Guitarist
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Richard Bogen
Transportation Center (Location 5)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Eric Ramsey
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Jake Williams
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Serena Nicolle
Saturday
10:30 AM
One Bouquet, Many Expressions, The Power of the Vessel
Blanca Mondragón AIFD, CFD, AzMF
Learn how to create hand-tied bouquets and elevate them using different vessels and bases. This dynamic, educational, and bilingual (English–Spanish) class explores how a single bouquet can be transformed into many design expressions, highlighting the powerful role of the vessel in style, intention, and final presentation.
---------
12:30 PM
Fun With Flowers
Brent Leech, AIFD
In this seminar, Brent will demonstrate bright, colorful designs using a variety of fresh and natural products, perfect for both home and business settings.
---------
2:30 PM
Approachable Arrangements
Renee Tucci, AIFD
Discover how a little technique can go a long way in this lively, fresh floral demonstration. Using joy-filled blooms, I’ll create a hand-tied bouquet and a fresh cube vase arrangement while sharing simple, approachable design tips that turn everyday flowers into something truly extraordinary.
Sunday
100 Mill Plaza (Location 1)
All Day! DJ RichGirl
Centerpooint Plaza (Location 12)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Eric Douglas
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Jake Williams
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Jared Fisher
College Ave Commons (Location 6)
All Day! Late Nite Boogie
Flower Power Park (Location 10)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Sydney Swanson
12:30pm - 2:30pm: The Tumbleweeds
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Dean Nelson
Hayden Flower Mill (Location 2)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Fargo Arizona
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Rideshare Jazz
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Nicki Park
Post Office Corner (Location 16)
All Day! DJ Syn
MLK-Ragsdale Park (Location 15)
All Day! Thomas Gray (Mill Ave entrance to the park)
All Day! Jam Pak
Located at the Southeast corner of the park:
10:30am - 12:00pm: James Mills of People Who Could Fly
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Jack Alves Guitarist
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Richard Bogen
Transportation Center (Location 5)
10:30am - 12:00pm: Eric Ramsey
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Haley Green
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Serena Nicolle
Sunday
10:30 AM
Elevating Everyday Flowers
Megan Carollo, MBA, PFCI, CFD
This demonstration will show how everyday flowers can look anything but basic! Learn how to choose and separate stems to create a perfectly designed trio of vases. Then watch the same flowers get styled two totally different ways — proof that a few design tricks make all the difference.
---------
12:30 PM
Floral Designs with a European Flair
Christina Ignatius, AIFD, EMC, PFCI, AZMF
This seminar will include a European spiral bouquet, a freestanding bouquet created in an armature, and a plant design incorporating fresh flowers in a cement container.
---------
2:30 PM
Roses, Three Ways
Renee Potter, AIFD, AZMF
Learn how to design roses 3 ways in this practical demonstration of floral design. Whether you receive a bouquet of flowers from a shop or buy flowers from a mass marketer, Renee’ will share useful tips and techniques that you can use at home to make a stunning arrangement.
Meet the Muralists
Floral Moments Caught on Camera
Find your way to Tempe Blooms!
Downtown Tempe offers several choices for parking- and plenty of it! Don't forget, on-street parking is FREE on Sundays!
Tempe TRiP provides an interactive parking map that helps guide you to the best parking options. View all parking locations, in the palm of your hand, from a desktop or mobile view.
Special Event Parking for January 24-25 from 8:00am - 5:00pm:
201 S. Ash Parking Garage: $10
Maple Lot: $10
Hayden Square Garage: $10
Hayden Square West Lot: $10
Tempe Mission Palms Lot: $10
Emerson Garage: $10
West 6th Garage: $10
The most hassle-free way to get to Downtown Tempe is to ride the Valley Metro Rail. Light rail provides free parking at 13 Park-and-Ride locations, so you can ride the train directly to 3rd & Mill.
Park & Ride Locations:
- Metro Parkway- 250 spaces
- 19th Ave/Dunlap Avenue – 415 spaces
- 19th Avenue/Montebello Avenue – 794 spaces
- 19th Avenue/Camelback Road – 410 spaces
- 7th Avenue/Camelback Road – 123 spaces
- Central Avenue/Camelback Road – 135 spaces
- 38th Street/Washington Street – 189 spaces
- Dorsey Lane/Apache Boulevard – 190 spaces
- McClintock Road/Apache Boulevard – 300 spaces
- Price - 101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard – 693 spaces
- Sycamore Street/Main Street – 802 spaces
- Mesa Drive/Main St – 448 spaces
- Gilbert Rd/Main St- 250 spaces
You can exit at 3rd & Mill, or at the Tempe Transportation Center (one block easy of 5th/Mill).
The FLASH Neighborhood circulator is a free service that circulates around the perimeter of Arizona State University's Tempe Campus. Connect from Downtown Tempe to ASU from the multiple stops along University Dr.
The ORBIT circulator is a free service connecting Downtown Tempe to surrounding Tempe neighborhoods. Click here for a full schedule and route information.
VALLEY METRO BUS brings The Valley to Downtown Tempe. Multiple routes run through Downtown, centralized in the Tempe Transit Center located on 5th St and Forest. Click here for pricing, routes and schedules.
Hop on board the new Tempe Streetcar and travel to destinations at 14 stops along the 3 mile route. Streetcar operates seven days a week and arrives at stops every 15-20 minutes. For information on Tempe Streetcar, including hours of operation and rates, please visit valleymetro.org/streetcar
Get Involved Event Applications Volunteer Sponsor
Thank you to our 2026 Sponsors!
PRESENTING SPONSOR
INFORMATION BOOTH SPONSOR
FLORAL INSTALLATION SPONSORS