East Store
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 The Bloomingfoods East Garden Center expanded significantly this past spring, with the renovation of our patio seating area. Plants in the Garden Center are protected by lattice fencing and edged with well cared-for shrubs. The Garden Center was designed to include natural plant-based air conditioning and light shade, making it a cooling oasis. Plants from Stranger’s Hill Organics grace the front of the store. They include sometimes hard-to-find native cultivars. Organic berry bushes from Keith Uridel’s farm are available, too.
Local grower Linnea Good has returned to our staff to help manage the Garden Center. She brings extensive experience to the job, along with the skills to keep plants happy and to answer customer questions. Linnea owns and operates Linnea’s Greenhouse in Unionville and is a popular vendor at the Farmers Market and Winter Market.
“We have a great selection of perennials in the Garden Center that can be planted now,” Linnea says. “August and September are months when you should be sure to mulch your gardens, planting any bare spots with flowering kale or hardy garden mums. The earlier you plant your mums the better. Hardy mums need time to establish themselves before winter.” The chrysanthemums at Bloomingfoods are from Grams Nursery in Nashville, Indiana.
“Pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and colors will start to come in soon. Herb plants from local growers, (including basil, oregano, mint, parsley, rosemary, and many varieties of thyme) are also available. We’ll have lots of fall planting bulbs – tulips, daffodils, paper whites, hyacinths and amaryllis. I am also expecting elephant garlic bulbs and shallots.”
Some of the flowers that do well at this time of year are those that are first seen in early spring. “You can brighten an entryway with a wide variety of flowering pansies and violas,” Linnea suggests. “We have winter hardy spring-back pansies, in varieties that will bloom this fall and come back next spring.” This is also good time to plant trees and shrubs. “We’ll have many beautiful seasonal options from local vendors as the weather cools down,” Linnea promises.
”For seasonal decorating, you’ll see dried sunflower heads, Indian corn, bales of straw, broom corn, bittersweet, and colorful flowers for your deck or doorway. Enjoy a late summer meal on the Bloomingfoods patio, and then come walk around the Garden Center to see what’s available. |
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Gluten-Free Tours
By appointment at Bloomingfoods East
Call Amber Towne 812-336-5400
Have you been advised to eat a gluten-free diet, but are not sure what is available or safe to eat? Take a gluten-free tour of Bloomingfoods East with staff member Amber Towne, and learn which products can help you cope with gluten sensitivity or celiac disease without foregoing your favorite foods.
Contact Amber at 812-336-5400 to set up a time for your personalized tour. You’ll receive recipes and other information, as well as 10% off any gluten-free products you purchase on the day of the tour.
You’ll find a list of our gluten-free products at the customer service desk at Bloomingfoods East. This list is also available here, on the Bloomingfoods website. |
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 We've always heard there was gold at the end of the rainbow. Thanks to alert member-owner Stephanie Kimball, who snapped this picture during last week's storm, we see there is some truth to the old legend!
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 As May is transitioning into June, we're delighted with all the new products coming in. Most recently, we've taken delivery on three organic beers from local brewery, Wilbur's, out of Martinsville. These consist of their amber beer called County Mellow, brewed using medium malt and nugget hops, their Biker Brown, a medium dark ale, and their seasonal Summer Ale.
On another front, you may notice that the grocery department has initiated early morning (before the store opens) stocking. So, you won’t see us with the BIG carts on the floor getting in your way. We’ll still be out there stocking, but nothing like what you’re used to (thank goodness!!) So….it’s been a very busy 6 weeks but we’re pretty proud of how the Co-op looks and how we (hopefully!) have improved your shopping experience. Now, for more news from East Grocery…. |
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The peepers are peeping, flower bulbs are leaping and Virginia creeper is creeping…
Ah…finally...spring is here after a long chilly, snowy winter. So put away the snowshoes and shed the shut-in blues with beautiful hues from our newly expanded garden center at the East Third Street location.
The past few years we’ve had a number of requests from our member-owners to offer a full-service garden center. This spring we will be able to provide you with an expanded selection of plants and landscaping supplies over on the East side.
To help us get going, JD Lucas, the founder of Gram’s Nursery in Nashville, Indiana, will be directing garden center operations. JD plans on having a wide variety of hanging baskets, perennials, annuals, bedding flats, nursery stock, native plants, roses, grasses, berries, garden tools and more. You’ll find rain barrels and composters, too.
In addition to the expanded product mix we will also strive to soften the exterior of the East Third Street store with new landscape beds in the parking lot, decorative fence panels, a resurfacing of the patio – plus we are building a pergola to provide some shade for outdoor dining.
We plan on opening the expanded garden center on the weekend of April 18, so be sure to mark your calendar and remember Bloomingfoods as you make your garden wish list.
And in recognition of Arbor Day, April 30, stop by any of our locations between 3pm and 7pm to receive a free native tree seedling from our friends at Sycamore Land Trust. This is one of our most popular annual events, and it will be a great opportunity to enjoy the many recent upgrades to our East store.
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