On Friday, April 29, The Bloom Project will hold its annual Bouquets of the Heart fundraising luncheon at the Bend Golf Club. Work from local artists will be on display and floral designers will create their interpretations of the pieces using flowers. Funds raised during the luncheon will be used to support operational expenses and programs fulfilling the mission of The Bloom Project.
The Bloom Project is a volunteer-driven nonprofit that provides fresh floral bouquets to hospice and palliative care patients. With two locations — in Bend and Portland — The Bloom Project receives its donations from wholesale floral companies, growers and local grocery stores. The flowers are repurposed by volunteers into beautiful bouquets ready to deliver to local hospice and palliative care patients.
What: The Bloom Project’s Bouquets of the Heart Luncheon
When: Friday, April 29 from 11am-1:30pm
Where: Bend Golf and Country Club, 61045 Country Club Dr., Bend, OR 97702
Cost: Individual seats ($60) and tables of eight ($465) available, and can be purchased at https://thebloomproject.org/bouquets-heart/.
Participants:
• Artists: Joellyn Loehr, Mary Marquiss, Pat Ortley, Randy Smithey and Carla Spence
• Floral Designers: Sharon Dawn (Design by Dawn), Tifney Koppel (Donner Flower Shop), Michelle Martin (Gairdin), Summer Robbins-Sutter (Summer Robbins Flowers) and Allison Schultz (Heirloom Floral)
On October 28, The Bloom Project will host Bouquets of the Heart in Portland, Oregon. Details to come.
The Bloom Project’s volunteers come from all different backgrounds; many are retired or have no floral experience. Members of the team with floral design experience host training sessions, teaching new volunteers how to: care for the flowers, identify which flowers to keep andww properly arrange a bouquet. Berkman and her team of volunteers are committed to sustainable business practices. Not only are they eco-friendly in their efforts to repurpose flowers from their partners, but also by composting floral waste.
