2019 Bloom Medal Winners
Best in Category
Large: Vina Doña Paula - A Matter of Altitude – designed by Alan Rudden for Santa Rita
Medium: Enable Ireland’s Diversity Garden in...
A Green Swell and a Gold Rush – Opening Day at Bord Bia’s Bloom
30th May 2019: As the gates open for the 13th annual Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin this morning, Bord Bia announced that the highest-ever number of...
Urban gardener Kevin Dennis wins fourth Gold medal at Bloom with iconic urban sanctuary...
Urban garden designer Kevin Dennis has won his fourth prestigious Gold medal at Bloom today (Wednesday 30th May 2019) for his iconic ‘FBD Insurance...
Doyle announces opening of the Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme 2019
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D., today announced the opening of the Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG)...
TU Dublin horticulture student Patrik Weisser takes part in this years’ super garden competition
Patrik Weisser, 24, from Abbbeyleix, is originally from the Czech Republic and is the youngest designer in the 2019 competition. He was selected as...
Landscape Architecture UCD – End of Year Presentation
Landscape Architecture End of Year Show 2019
The exhibition opens at 6:30 pm, Wednesday 15 May 2019. The exhibition continues until Tuesday 4 June 2019.
Guest...
Top tips to get the kids involved in gardening
It's Sow Time!
Bloom's top tips to get children interested in gardening.
With summer rapidly approaching now is a great time to encourage kids to ditch...
Teagasc joint 5th among research organisations in Europe
Teagasc secured €6.3 million funding for research from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme in 2018. In comparison with all other research organisations and...
89% of urban dwellers believe food education should be mandatory in Primary Schools
According to research* carried out on behalf of Agri Aware, the Irish agri-food educational body, 89% of urban dwellers believe food education should be...
CAFRE horticulture students help prepare Hillsborough gardens for grand re-opening
Imagine Callum Burnside’s surprise when he met Prince Charles in the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle.
Callum is a 1st-year Foundation Degree Horticulture Student at CAFRE and...