Bloomsbury Farm Flower Festival
Family Fun and Fields of Flowers
Bloomsbury Farm hosted their 6th annual Flower Festival from Friday July 25th-Sunday July 27th. The event featured many different vendors, rides, a butterfly garden, games, a beer garden, and musical acts. Bloomsbury Farm’s Flower Festival was started because the daughter of Bloomsbury Farms owners ,Jess Petersen, likes flowers and they wanted to expand the number of festivals that they put on throughout the year. Bloomsbury Farm features three acres of Zinnias and Cosmos, one acre of sunflowers, and will have 500,000 tulip bulbs in 2026.
DKW Gallery member Chris Robins from Cedar Rapids paints a picture at at his booth during the Bloomsbury Farm Flower Festival on Saturday the 26th. Robbins started painting when he was 40, and sells his paintings through DKW Gallery in Marion.
Jake (right) and Michaela Rogers from Atkins set up the Offbeat Boutique booth in the barn at Bloomsbury farm on Saturday the 26th. Michaela Rogers has ran Offbeat Boutique for the last two years.
Charlie Stark from Newholm sells some records to a customer during Bloomsbury Farm’s Flower Festival last Saturday. Bloomsbury Farm has been farm has been operating as an attraction farm for the last 30 years.
Kalie Jaster (right) and Briley Berning from Cedar Rapids stop to look at one of the fields of flowers featured at Bloomsbury Farm on Saturday the 26th. Bloomsbury Farm is also an operational farm that sells grain and livestock.
Chris and Megan Hosier from Cedar Rapids pick some of the flowers featured at Bloomsbury Farm on Saturday. The couple comes to the Flower Festival about every other year. They also got married in May.
Lester Hyke drives a tractor while taking a group of people on a Hayrack ride during the Bloomsbury Farm Flower Festival. This is Lester’s 4th year working for Bloomsbury Farm.
One year old Cole Kircher plays with some of the toys available in the Bouncy Town Pen while enjoying the day at Bloomsbury farm with his parents. Kircher’s parents have also enjoyed coming to Scream Acres which is also hosted by Bloomsbury Farm in October.
Carly (left) and Ryan Mendez play Barn Yard Croquet at Bloomsbury Farm. Bloomsbury farm is currently celebrating it’s 30th year as an attraction farm.
Jess Howard from Marshall Town plays a game of checkers with her friend while enjoying music from J. Wolfskill and Madison Loree during the Bloomsbury Farm Flower Festival on Saturday the 26th.
Alexis Otte fills a vase full of flowers while enjoying the Flower Festival on Saturday. Bloomsbury Farm also hosts the Bunny Bash, Iowa Tulip Festival, Fields of Flight Kite Festival, Iowa Fall Festival, and Scream Acres.
J. Wolfskill from the band Wolfskill and The Wild performs with Madison Loree during Bloomsbury Farm’s Flower Festival on Saturday. Wolfskill and Loree have opened for bands such as Son Little, The Ballroom Thieves, The Arcadian Wild, and Chicago Farmer.
Mazen Maktabi (left), from Coralville, gets pushed on a swing by Jibreel Maktabi while enjoying the festivities at Bloomsbury Farm with their parents.
Elizabeth Lopez from Marshall Town plays with a Hoola Hoop while enjoying the day at Bloomsbury Farm with her mom. This was Lopez’s second time visiting Bloomsbury Farm.
Marques Morel, from Carroll Illinois, performs at Bloomsbury Farm during the Flower Festival. Morel has been playing music for the last 25 years, and was introduced to folk music by his uncle who also played harmonica.