PDN MAY 1, 2022
​All of this(EVENT) surrounds a springtime tradition at the PAFAC. Art in Bloom, begun in 2004, was the vision of devoted board member and volunteer Mim Foley, who took part in the event until her untimely passing in 2010.
On May 5 of that year, just after Mother’s Day, Foley died in a car wreck a block away from the arts center. Foley’s husband Bud and their family and friends established a memorial fund to ensure Art in Bloom would continue. Bud died in 2016, but Art in Bloom has carried on.
Loewe expressed her gratitude to the variety of people supporting Art in Bloom this spring: the Port Angeles Garden Club, a longstanding partner, along with Tin Can Floral, River’s Edge Farmstead and the Airport Garden Center, which has shared flowers and floral designs with the PAFAC.
Participating in this year’s Art in Bloom main event are members of the Olympic Peninsula Judges Council of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, including Pamela Ehtee, Billie Fitch, Bernice Cook, Patty Wheatley, Tina Cozzolino, Mary Lou Paulson and Linda Nutter. All hold certificates in floral design and judging.
Designers Julia Ahrndt, Jenny Edwards and Sandy Giles from Tin Can Floral and River’s Edge Farmstead will also display their designs in the gallery.
Foley’s daughter, Irene Alltucker, recalled her hopes for this weekend’s event.
“My mother wanted to spend Mother’s Day weekend with a family activity that combined her two great loves: gardening and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center,” Alltucker said.

                 2022 ART IN BLOOM, MAY 4 - 5

PAM EHTEE

BILLIE FITCH

PATTY WHEATLY

LINDA NUTTER

TINA COZZOLINO

MARY LOU PAULSON