The BLOOM Center

04/25/2026

Thanks to everyone who came and supported the program today and made our plant sale a HUGE success!!! Thanks to our volunteers for making this a great day and to our students and adult program participants for working so hard to grow all the wonderful plants!! Thanks to and for your support too!!!

04/25/2026

It’s almost here! annual fundraising plant sale!! Come on down and get some great plants and support the program! Gates open at 8 am and we will be here until 3pm!

04/24/2026

Thanks WBIR for visiting us this morning!

Sarah Oppman is live at the Bloom Center to give a sneak peek into its annual plant sale.

04/20/2026

It’s almost here! ‘s annual spring fund raising plant sale! Saturday, April 25th from 8am to 3pm. Cash and credit cards accepted. all proceeds go to fund the program. All the plants are grown by our special abilities friends! So come get some great plants at great prices and support them!

04/12/2026

Our plant sale is just under two weeks away on April 25th from 8 to 3 pm! Don’t miss it!

03/08/2026

Save the date and save spots in your garden for plants from our annual spring plant sale!! It’s our primary fundraiser and all proceeds go into the program. Join us on Saturday, April 25th from 8am to 3pm.

12/14/2025

It’s time again for this beautiful plant to show off! it loves The BLOOM Center!

10/30/2025

Rain, rain…go away!!! what do you do when it has rained four straight days!!! You form an assembly line and clean donated used pots to be used for new plantings!!! We have saved thousands of pots over the years but more important is the lessons in work - teamwork, persistence! Great students, great volunteers!

08/17/2025

Snapdragons usually suffer in the heat of the South and we have certainly had some high heat this summer! But these snapdragons in our cutting garden have been magnificent! Also, when we think of pollinators butterflies and bees get a lot of the attention. But look closely for the little fella on this blossom. All God’s creatures are provided for!

08/11/2025

It has been a banner year for our raised bed cutting gardens! Each week many buckets of very fresh cut flowers are donated to Random Acts of Flowers. they make beautiful arrangements that are given away in our community.

07/14/2025

Congratulations are in order for one of our volunteers!!!

Danyra Nenninger, Knoxville, is the winner of the second Hero Kid Award, sponsored by KnoxTNToday, FirstBank, Food City and Wallace Real Estate. Danyra has been resilient throughout her childhood to overcome many obstacles. Entering foster care at 9 years of age, Danyra faced numerous challenges thr...

06/17/2025

All this rain has been wonderful for our cuttings garden!! This is our sixth year donating fresh cut flowers to Random Acts of Flowers each week. We have expanded our gardens too.