Temples in Bloom: A Floral Celebration of Faith Around the World was an event and showcase put on by the advanced wedding and event planning class, held in the Ezra Taft Benson Building on Saturday.
“It’s called Temples in Bloom, a celebration of faiths around the world,” said Camille Bradford, a junior and graphic design major. “So it’s all about art, temples, flowers and the combination of them all and the impact that it has and the culture of it all.”
Pictures of temples and white flowers adorn the wall leading up to the Temples in Bloom show. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerThe temples are shown in chronological order of completion, from the 1830s all the way to uncompleted, announced temples. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerThe Guatemala City room. Photo Credit: Ryan Turner
Bradford is part of the class that put together Temples in Bloom. She said that the event was a semester-long project.
“We started from day one,” Bradford said. “It honestly was very, very stressful for several weeks, and a lot of hard work and effort, lots of long hours for all of us.”
Bradford (left) and other students who helped with the Temples in Bloom event. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerAttendees get their passports stamped in the Tokyo room. The “passports” showed attendees where the various rooms were. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerThere were snacks in the different rooms relating to the local cultures, such as Otai in the Tonga room. Photo Credit: Ryan Turner
Five different temples around the world were featured: Rome, Italy; Salt Lake City, Utah; Tokyo, Japan; Nuku’alofa, Tonga and Guatemala City, Guatemala.
A floral centerpiece in the Guatemala room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerA floral arrangement in the center of the Salt Lake City room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerA small water fountain in the Rome, Italy room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerA picture of the Nuku’alofa, Tonga temple. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerAn illustration of the Tokyo, Japan temple. Photo Credit: Ryan Turner
“We tried to pick diverse temples all around the world that were pretty significant and meaningful, not only to church history but also to individuals,” Bradford said. “We wanted this to be a cultural celebration, so to really show culture through the temples and the locations.”
Student interpretive pieces were placed in the hallways between rooms. According to Bradford, these smaller pieces interpreted temples or other gospel-related works.
One of the student interpretive floral pieces. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerAn interpretive floral pieces made of pink, orange and white flowers. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerAnother interpretive piece on display in the hallway. Photo Credit: Ryan Turner
“(For) our interpretive pieces, we all picked temples, pictures of temples or other moments in church history, or things that just really stood out to each of the people that were making it, and then tried to interpret that the best, and then just really express culture and spirituality through both,” Bradford said.
A floral centerpiece with a Book of Mormon in the Salt Lake City room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerThe entrance to the Tonga room in the greenhouse. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerA Japanese-style artwork display in the Tokyo room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerThe final room, “Generations of Light,” focused on family history, where attendees could write a prompt about how the temple makes them feel. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerAttendees could place a flower pin on the map in the “Generations of Light” room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerAn arrangement with flowers, photographs and a Book of Mormon in the Rome, Italy room. Photo Credit: Ryan TurnerA picture of the Salt Lake temple in the Salt Lake City room. Photo Credit: Ryan Turner
Featured image: A picture of the Guatemala City temple. Photo Credit: Ryan Turner
Ryan Turner has been writing for Scroll since 2024 and has been writing for fun long before then. He is currently a history major at BYU-Idaho and set to graduate in April 2026. His favorite parts about Scroll is mentoring student reporters, the process of learning that comes with writing articles, and hanging out with all the other people who work for Scroll. His favorite Muppet movie is Muppet Christmas Carol and his favorite historical pirate is Zheng Yi Sao.
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