Tempe Blooms
Returning 2027!
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 60+ local vendors at our floral-inspired market, enjoy rotating live music across 10 locations, and indulge in flowerful specials from Downtown Tempe’s businesses.
What You'll Find
Find your way to Tempe Blooms!
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
Downtown Tempe offers several choices for parking- and plenty of it! Don't forget, on-street, metered 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.
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
Floral Moments Caught on Camera
