Summertime in Black Mountain is awash in the art of nature. In celebration, Black Mountain Center for the Arts is hosting Art in Bloom 2025, a joyful series of artful events featuring workshops, a yoga flow class, garden tour, art demonstrations, a live floral design exhibit, and a special exhibit featuring works by River Arts District artists.

Enriching lives through art and community-building

Since 2000, Black Mountain Center for the Arts has been bringing visual and performing arts shows and educational programs to the Swannanoa Valley. Proceeds from Art in Bloom ticket sales help support the myriad of community arts activities that the Center provides year-round. Get your tickets now at blackmountainarts.org/artinbloom.

Supporting Asheville’s River Arts District Artists

On June 2, the Black Mountain Center for the Arts opens a very special exhibit that features works by artists from Asheville’s River Arts District. The District suffered tremendous damage during Hurricane Helene, and many artists lost their entire portfolio of work. The exhibit runs through June 18. The artwork in this special exhibit will serve as inspiration for twenty area floral designers, who will be creating arrangements for exhibition at Black Mountain Center for the Arts on the weekend of June 20-22.

The big weekend: Garden Tour, Plein Air, and Floral Design exhibit

Art in Bloom will be in full bloom on June 20 and 21.

Garden Tour: This self-guided Garden Tour will take you on a journey through seven stunning private gardens in Black Mountain. This isn’t a typical tour of homes—it’s a celebration of how thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces can become sanctuaries of beauty, function, and peace. From whimsical cottage plots to more formal design, each garden featured in this year’s Art in Bloom paints a unique and joyful picture of nature through the eyes, hands, and talents of those who have lovingly cultivated them.

Live art demonstrations: While you’re strolling on the Garden Tour, you’ll see artists creating "en plein air," which means "in the open air." These artists will be demonstrating the practice of painting on-site, in the natural environment, to capture the specific (and fleeting) lighting, colors, textures, and atmosphere of the moment.

Floral design exhibit: On June 20-22, view a sumptuous floral design exhibit inspired by River Arts District artists. Ikebana and Western design styles will be featured.

Bloom where you’re planted

Discover your creative self by joining Black Mountain Center for the Arts for one or more of their Art in Bloom workshops. Topics include watercolors, oil pastels, mosaics, and yoga flow. Visit the blackmountainarts.org/artinbloom website for more information and to register for these workshops in advance.

Bonus exhibit: Art from the Garden

Remember those paintings you saw being created, right before your eyes, while you were taking the Art in Bloom Garden Tour? You’ll be able to view them on display at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts from June 27 - July 25, 2025.

Art in Bloom information and tickets

Tickets for Art in Bloom start at $30. For more information and to get your tickets now, visit blackmountainarts.org/artinbloom.

Art in Bloom 2025
Workshops and Events

Wild for Watercolors workshop
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
May 31 from 10:30am - 12 noon

Oil Pastels workshop
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
May 31 from 1-2:30pm

Art Exhibit featuring work by artists from Asheville’s River Arts District
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 2-18 (Monday-Friday only) from 10am-5pm

Magic Mosaic Mushrooms workshop
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 7 and 8 starting at 1pm

Art in Bloom preview party
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 19 from 5-7pm

Ikebana and Western floral design exhibition
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 20-21 from 10am-4pm

Local Garden Tour & Plein Air Artists demonstrations
throughout Black Mountain
June 20-21 from 10am-2pm

Flowing with Flowers yoga
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 21 from 8-9am

Bonus Day: Ikebana and Western floral design exhibit
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 22 from 12-4pm

Art from the Garden opening reception
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 27 from 5-6:30pm

Art from the Garden exhibit
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
June 27 - July 25 (Monday-Friday only) from 10am-5pm

For more information and tickets, visit blackmountainarts.org/artinbloom

About the Author

This blog story was written by Amy J. Schultz, an award-winning author, brand/marketing strategist, and overall creative type. She, her husband Brian, and their giant dog Bentley love their downtown Black Mountain neighborhood.

Art blooms this June in Black Mountain, NC