2026 EarthFest
April 22nd – May 9th
Join us as we celebrate Earth Day & Fair Trade Day!
Thank you for working with us to encourage everyone to make every day Earth Day and to create a higher demand for sustainable and ethically sourced goods!
Help us get the word out and share our flyer!
Giveaways!
One lucky winner will win a large Fair Trade basket filled with Fair Trade, local and environmentally friendly products!
One lucky winner will win a brand new bike! This bike giveaway is in partnership with one of our Community Partners, Revolution Bike & Bean!
Accepting entries April 22nd-May 9th!
Visit our giveaway page or click the button below for the rules, terms & conditions!
Wednesday, APRIL 22ND – Happy EARTH DAY!!!
Event!
Mending Rescues Clothes from the Landfill with Discardia from 2-4:30pm at our Near West Store under the awning!
Volunteers from Discardia Mending Day will show off and explain several examples of simple mending techniques that anyone can do.
Discardia Mending Day happens on the second Saturday of each month from noon to 4:00pm at the downtown library.
Event!
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES led by local organizations from 12-6pm at both stores!
Near West Store:
12-2pm: Conservation Law Center
2-4pm: WonderLab
4-6pm: Lake Monroe Water Fund
East Store:
More about the local organizations and their environmental education activity:
Conservation Law Center: Conservation Law Center is Indiana’s only pro bono public interest law firm dedicated exclusively to conservation law, providing legal support to protect land, water, wildlife, and healthy communities. Visitors can participate in an interactive “Can You Save the Forest?” activity using real ecological data to explore how land management decisions shape forest health and resilience over time.
WonderLab: WonderLab is a family-focused science museum with interactive exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity, encourage discovery and inspire lifelong learning. Through hands-on activities you will learn about insects, bugs, and the important roles they have in our environment.
Lake Monroe Water Fund: The Lake Monroe Water Fund attracts and invests resources into projects - like planting native trees and promoting healthy septic systems - to reduce erosion and polluted runoff, safeguarding Lake Monroe as our sole drinking water source, key wildlife habitat, regional economic driver, and a world-class recreational destination. Water We Doing? They'll be sharing some water quality and lake-related facts through an interactive fishing game.
Indiana Native Plant Society - South Central Chapter: The South Central Chapter of the Indiana Native Plant Society aims to educate members about plants indigenous to Indiana through hikes and presentations. SCINPS also provides information on growing native plants from seed, and gardening and landscaping with indigenous plants to sustain pollinators, caterpillars, birds, and the entire ecosystem.
The City of Bloomington's Economic & Sustainable Development Department: The City of Bloomington's Department of Economic & Sustainable Development seeks to cultivate a resilient community built on shared prosperity, inclusive economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, and a thriving arts and culture ecosystem. They are invite creative minds of all ages to design their own Green Dream Home and learn about steps you can take for greening your own home! They'll have coloring sheets depicting houses and coloring materials, as well as cutouts of green home additions such as solar panels, compost bins, and pollinator gardens for folks to build out the clean, green home of their dreams.
Electrify Indiana Energy Navigator: More information coming soon!
Promotions!
DOUBLE your Bloomingfoods for Earth stamps all day! Limit 10 stamps. Our Bloomingfoods for Earth rewards cards are available at our registers for anyone to take advantage of; you do not need to be an Owner-Member to have a rewards card!
GET 20% OFF BULK when you bring your own reusable container – April 22nd & 23rd! Don’t have one? We've got you covered - purchase a branded Bfoods bulk bag or reusable container and still receive 20% off! Excludes special orders and cannot be combined with other basket coupons.
Not sure how to use our bulk section? We still got you! Visit our Make Every Day Earth Day page to learn how to buy bulk items at our stores!
SATURDAY, APRIL 25th
Event!
Sycamore Land Trust Arbor Day Native Tree Giveaway from 10am-2pm at both of our stores (rain or shine)! One free tree seedling per person while supplies last.
Elderberry•Gray Dogwood•Ninebark
Persimmon• Red Bud•Red Oak
Tree seedlings from Indiana Department of Natural Resources Vallonia Tree Seedling Nursery. The giveaway is sponsored by IU Health.
Help plant over 600 trees in our community. Learn more at www.sycamorelandtrust.org/free-trees.
Saturday, MAy 2nd
Event!
Sycamore Land Trust Spring Plant Sale from 9am-2pm at our East Store–while supplies last! They will be offering over 40 species of plants that were homegrown in their Native Plant Nursery from seed to plant plug. Many species are grown from locally collected seed at nearby nature preserves. All species are ethically sourced and native to southern Indiana, providing benefits to local pollinators and wildlife.
Plants sell at $4 an individual with all proceeds going back into nursery operations and native plant restoration projects. Stop by to learn from experienced staff and volunteers about the advantages of gardening with native species! Learn more at www.sycamorelandtrust.org/plant-sale.
Should it rain, the plant sale will be held on Saturday, May 9th. A pot return area will be available at our East Store through June.
Event!
Eco-Print Workshop Pop-in with local artist, Maria Schechter, at our Near West Store under the awning from 2-4pm!
Participants can pop in before or after shopping and create a botanical card – tapping color onto prepared watercolor paper (prepared with alum and one with no alum) by rolling potato leaves dipped in tannin from onion skins. Potato leaves allow us to pull shades of green, purple, and red.
Participants will be able to take home their own art to share with someone they would like to wish a Happy EarthFest and/or Mother’s Day.
This is a free workshop, and all materials are included!
Sunday, MAY 3rd
Event!
Learn the basics of beekeeping at our Beekeeping Workshop for Beginners with Jeff Becker outside of our East Store from 2-3:30pm!
Jeff will show participants examples of Beekeeping gear, different hives (without bees), and a small observation hive (live bees that you can see, but they can't get out).
Should it rain, the workshop will be held on Saturday, May 16th, from 2-3:30pm.
There is a 20-person limit. RSVP is required by Monday, April 27th!
Saturday, MAY 9th – Happy Fair Trade Day!!!
Event!
In celebration of Bike Month, Revolution Bike & Bean will have a Pop-up Bike Repair Shop offering free minor repairs at our Near West Store from 10am-1pm! They will be located right off the B-Line at our Near West Store.
Promotion!
20 % OFF all Fair Trade products on Fair Trade Day! Excludes special orders and cannot be combined with other basket coupons.
Event!
Join us for a LOCAL FARM TOUR at Sungate Farm from 2-4pm! They be giving a full tour of their farm and provide hands-on activities involving organic growing techniques, tool use, and sustainability practices!
Sungate Farm is located on the Northwest side of Indianapolis in Carmel, Indiana.
There is a 17-person limit. RSVP is required by Monday, May 4th!
Everyone deserves to be treated fairly.
Why you should Support Fair trade:
To show your support for farmers and workers, who work to build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.
For farmers’ & workers’ human rights, such as safety, housing and education.
Fairtrade supports workers’ rights to trade unions and collective bargaining, as well as democratic decision-making at the producer level
Fairtrade tackles the root causes of biodiversity loss in many ways – from training farmers to setting standards for sustainable supply chains, and lobbying governments and corporations.
To create a demand for goods that were purchased on fair trade terms and telling companies that sustainable and ethical sourcing is important to you.
To show that you prioritize the people and places behind your food.
Because it is the right thing to do, and your choices matter — little changes can make a big impact.
For more information about Fairtrade, please visit www.fairtradeamerica.org.
during EarthFest, Both of our stores will have an endcap with fair trade products so that it is easier for you to locate them in our stores.
Shopping local benefits our environment!
Once upon a time, ALL shopping and buying was local, resulting in tight sustainable communities where citizens supported their local small businesses, restaurants and farms. Our great grandparents ate the fruits that were produced on trees in their own state and filled the table with vegetables grown, if not in their own garden, in their own town. Today, our world has become so global and interconnected, and we have the ability to get anything anywhere, but it also comes at a price. Our vast distribution network of trucks, trains and airlines is polluting the environment. Our local businesses struggle to compete with national chains. There is no better time than NOW to shift the tide and buy more local products from your friends and neighbors! *Source: Green Business Bureau
Buying local, organic, and fair trade all share a similar vision — getting you, as a consumer and/or producer, to think not just about what you purchase and produce, but how products come to us.
These shared values include a desire to:
Implement sustainable farming practices.
Avoid large corporate intermediaries.
Know who grew the food.
A connectedness or transparency.
Buy directly, or at least more directly to get more of the purchase price back to the producer.