What A Catch! Sustainable Seafood Garden Hooks Overall Prize at Bloom 2018
Garden designer Andrew Christopher Dunne from the coastal fishing village of Clogherhead in County Louth has been named as the overall Show Garden winner...
Opening Day at Bloom 2018
Bloom will be officially opened by President Michael D. Higgins with his wife Sabina today at 11am. Visitors will also have the chance to see top chefs at the Bord Bia Quality Kitchen Stage in The...
Phoenix Park Counts Down to Bloom Blast-Off!
As the gates are set to open on Bord Bia’s Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin tomorrow, the site is buzzing with activity as...
Bloom 2018 Large Garden – Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin Garden
This garden, brought to you by Kildare Growers in association with Bord na Mona and Peter O’Brien Landscapes, serves as a place of solitude;...
Why do I do BLOOM?
Nicola Haines returns to Bloom this year after receiving a Gold Medal and ‘Best in Category’ for co-designing the UCD Evolution of Land Plants show garden in 2016.
With a training in architecture and horticulture, she...
Bloom 2018 Medium Garden – Resistance, a garden for Trócaire
This garden will represent the plight of Human Rights and Environmental Defenders in the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, Zimbabwe and Palestine. It will provide...
Bloom 2018 Large Garden – A Different Outlook
This roof garden brings a modern office environment as close to nature as possible. The garden is designed to wrap around an extremely minimalist...
Meet the Judges at Bloom 2018
Our judges:
Garden Judges
Andrew Wilson
Mark Gregory
Paul Maher
Feargus McGarvey
Karen Foley
Leslie Moore – Guest Judge
Cor Van Gelderen – Guest Judge
Nursery & Floral...