2019 Bloom Medal Winners

2019 BLOOM SHOW GARDEN MEDALS

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 association with Solus – designed by Linda McKeown for Enable Ireland

Small: Tóg go Bóg é (Take it Easy) – designed by Patricia Tyrell and VTOS Horticulture Cabra Community College students

Concept: Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) Aqua Marine Garden – designed by Oliver & Liat Schurmann (Medium Concept)

Planting: Grounded – Growing Conversations Around Mental Illness – designed by Maeve O’Neill for Janssen, in association with Aware and See Change (Large Garden)

Gold Medal Winners

  • Vina Doña Paula – A Matter of Altitude – designed by Alan Rudden for Santa Rita
  • Enable Ireland’s Diversity Garden in association with Solus – designed by Linda McKeown for Enable Ireland
  • Tóg go Bog é (Take it Easy) – designed by VTOS Horticulture Cabra Community College students and Patricia Tyrell
  • Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) Aqua Marine Garden – designed by Oliver & Liat Schurmann (Medium Concept)
  • Grounded – Growing Conversations Around Mental Illness – designed by Maeve O’Neill for Janssen, in association with Aware and See Change (Large Garden)
  • Moving Forward – Building My Best Possible Life – designed by Rúaidhrí Bashford for Cheshire Ireland (Small Concept Garden)
  • The Healthy Way Garden – designed by James Purdy Architects for Healthy Ireland and Bord Bia (Large Garden)
  • The Blackwater Gin Garden – designed by Peter Cowell and Monty Richardson for Blackwater Gin (Medium Garden)
  • FBD Insurance Urban Sanctuary Garden – designed by Kevin Dennis for FBD Insurance (Large Garden)
  • CMRF Crumlin Garden – designed by Kieran Dunne and Anthony Ryan for Kildare Growers (Large Garden)
  • Fingal Bee Positive – designed by Fingal County Council & TU Dublin (Large Garden)

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • E3 Garden – designed by Dr. Liwen Xiao, Tom Grey & Dr. Dunzhu Li from TrinityHaus/Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (Small Concept Garden)
  • UCD History of the Irish Diet in Plants – designed by Dr. Caroline Elliott-Kingston, Dr. Meriel McClatchie, John McCord, Ciaran Rooney, Hannah Johnston, and Niamh Conlon. (Large Concept Garden)
  • Memories are made of this – Dementia: Understand Together Garden – designed by Robert Moore for the HSE (Medium Garden)
  • Marie Keating Foundation Breath of Life Garden – designed by Tünde Perry for the Marie Keating Foundation (Medium Garden)
  • Supergarden Winner – Announced live on RTE @7.30pm.

Silver Medal Winners

  • The Great Outdoors – designed by Leonie Cornelius for the Irish Wheelchair Association (Small Garden)
  • Lidl Healthy Mind Healthy Planet – designed by Svaja Vaicula for Lidl (Small Garden)
  • Stolen Land: a Garden for Trócaire – designed by Barry Kavanagh for Trócaire (Medium Concept Garden)

Bronze Medal Winners

  • A Chothú agus a Chosaint – designed by Adrian Eggers for GOAL (Small Concept Garden)
  • Connectivity – designed by Brian Burke for Woodies (Medium Garden)

Nursery & Floral Pavillion Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

• Aileen Muldoon Byrne, Boyne Garden Centre, Slane Co. Meath (Nursery)

Gold Medal Winners

  • Tim Cupper, Fuchsiavale Nurseries, Kidderminster Worcestershire (Nursery)
  • Emilio de Beer, Premium Pelargoniums (Fuchsiavale), Kidderminster Worcestershire (Nursery)
  • Billy Alexander, Kells Bay Gardens, Cahersiveen Co. Kerry (Nursery)
  • Paul & Orla Woods, Kilmurry Nursery, Gorey Co. Wexford (Nursery)
  • Pat Keville, Indoor Plant Store Ltd, Dublin 8 (Nursery)
  • Thomas Quearney, Mr. Middleton Garden Shop, Dublin 1 (Nursery)
  • Shane Ginty, Cois Na Trá Plants, Westport Co. Mayo (Nursery)
  • Jonathan Jackson, Papervale Trees, Newry Co. Down (Nursery)
  • Mark Warmenhoven, W.S. Warmenhoven, Hillegom The Netherlands (Nursery)

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • Frances Mulvany, Navan Garden Centre, Navan Co. Meath (Nursery)
  • Eileen Eivers, Riverlane Nurseries, Trim Co. Meath (Nursery)
  • Cormac O’Reilly, O’Reilly Nurseries, Mountnugent Co.Cavan (Nursery)
  • Deirdre Walsh and John Mulhern, Teagasc, Glasnevin Co. Dublin (Education)
  • Jan Stins, Green Art Production, Alkmaar, The Netherlands (Nursery)
  • AOIFA Floristry, Doddervale Flower Club, Dublin.

Silver Medal Winners

  • Sharon Bergin and Brian Hughes, Hughes Roses Ltd, Garristown Co. Dublin (Nursery)
  • Mary Doran, Doran Nurseries (Irish Plants), Naas Co. Kildare (Nursery)
  • Patrick Doran, Country Garden (Nursery)
  • Ivan Curran, Garden Direct, Naas Co. Kildare, (Nursery)
  • Bronze Medal Winners
  • Christopher White, Three Gates Nursery & Florist, Naul, Co. Dublin (Nursery & Floristry)
  • Moira Harte, Wexford Lavender Farm, Gorey Co. Wexford (Floristry)
  • Mike Keep, Shady Plants, Clashmore Co. Waterford (Nursery)
  • Leonie Meehan, Irish Fuchsia Nursery, Gorey Co.Wexford (Nursery)

Postcard Garden Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show

• Fork to Fork – Longford Town Guild, Irish Countrywomen’s Association

Certificate of Distinction

  • Blue Star Programme Garden – St. Oliver Plunkett NS Parents Gardening Group
  • Our Future History – St. Joseph’s Boy’s National School

Highly Commended

  • Sphere – GRETB/Castlerea Men’s Shed
  • Looking Forward – Stewarts Celebrating 150 Years – Stewarts
  • Scoil Mhuire Mount Sackville Recycling Garden – Scoil Mhuire Mount Sackville
  • Pledge Against Plastic – Irish Girl Guides / Earthology
  • Commotion in the Ocean – ‘The Den’ ASD Unit – Sacred Heart Junior National School
  • ‘A Sense of Place’ His Heartland – Lennox Robinson – Ballineen Enniskeane Heritage Group
  • The Great Hunger – Loretto College, St. Stephen’s Green

Commended

  • The Destination Garden – PACE Social Enterprise
  • Flights of Fancy – St. Michael’s House
  • The Birds and the Bees – Kishoge Community College
  • Body & Soul – Walkinstown Greenhills Resource Centre

Association of Irish Floral Artists (A.O.I.F.A) Floral Art Competition Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Ann Clifford, Dublin (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: Streamlined

Gold Medal Winners

  • Elizabeth Kenny, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford (Wexford Garden & Flower Club), Category: Design with Nature
  • Karen O’Farrell, Rush, Co. Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Harumi Langford, Dublin (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: Primal Landscape
  • Therese Kilcullen, Dublin (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: Wizardry

Silver Gilt Medal Winner

  • Sylvia Smith, Ballivor, Co. Meath (Trim Floral Art Group), Category: Design with Nature
  • Eileen Fair, Galway (Galway Flower & Garden Club), Category: Design with Nature
  • Marie Dodrill, Co. Westmeath (Sutton Floral Art Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Marion McGee, Armagh (Monaghan Flower & Garden Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Kathleen Barrett, Limerick (New Desmond District Flower Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Therese Kilcullen, Dublin (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: Primal Landscape
  • Sunniva Sheil, Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: Streamlined
  • Bridget Morley, Galway (Galway Flower & Garden Club), Category: Wizardry

Silver Medal Winner

  • Patricia Hannon, Longwood, Co. Meath (Trim Floral Art Group), Category: Design with Nature
  • Mimi Dumigan, Killiney, Dublin (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: Design with Nature
  • Elizabeth Murray, Co. Meath (Navan Floral Art Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Lorraine O’Brien, Deansgrange, Dublin (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Louise Bolger, Dublin (Naul Garden & Flower Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Margaret Quinn, Dublin (North Dublin Flower Club), Category: Primal Landscape
  • Ali Dietrich, Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: Streamlined
  • Bernie Dunphy, Navan, Co. Meath (Navan Floral Art Group), Category: Streamlined
  • Ali Dietrich, Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: Wizardry

Bronze Medal Winner

  • Anne Butler, Swords, Dublin (Naul Garden & Flower Club), Category: Design with Nature
  • Frances Coyne, Tallaght, Dublin (St. Domnicks Community), Category: Design with Nature
  • Ciara Nichol, Ashbourne, Co. Meath (Ashbourne Flower Club), Category: The Art of Surprise
  • Avril Maher, Athy, Co. Kildare (Naas Flower & Garden Club), Category: Primal Landscape
  • Christine Foley, Kells, Co. Meath (Navan Floral Art Group), Category: Primal Landscape
  • Karen Robinson, Wexford (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: Streamlined
  • Sunniva Sheil, Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: Wizardry

Botanical and Floral Art Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • “The risk it took to blossom…’ by Nicola Lynch Morrin, Kildare (Floral)
  • “Iris “Red Rum”” by Siobhan Larkin, Dublin 3 (Botanical)

Gold Medal Winners

• “Iris “Red Rum”” by Siobhan Larkin, Dublin 3 (Botanical)
• “The risk it took to blossom…’ by Nicola Lynch Morrin, Kildare (Floral)

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • “Pennywort, stone crop, ferns” by Anne McLeod, Wexford (Floral)
  • “Masdevallia mooreana” by Margareta Pertl, Dublin (Botanical)
  • “Malus cultivar” by Siobhan Larkin, Dublin 3 (Botanical)

Silver Medal Winners

  • “Drosera rotundifolia, D. anglica, D. intermedia Sundews” by Jane Stark, Galway (Botanical)
  • “Tufted Vetch – Vicia cracca” by Lynn Stringer, Wicklow (Botanical)
  • “Apple malus domestica ‘Ross Non Pareil’” by Nayana Sandur, Limerick (Botanical)
  • “Rosa glauca Pourr” by Olwyn Burke, Dublin (Botanical )
  • “Bosc Pears / Pyrus Communis” by Patricia Maher-Hogan, Dublin (Floral)

Bronze Medal Winners

  • “Bright corner with hosta” by Anne McLeod, Wexford (Floral)
  • “Ophiopogon planicapus ‘Nigrescens’, Black Mondo Grass” by Elaine Moore Mackey, Dublin 16 (Floral)
  • “Herald of Summer” by Kathrine Geoghegan, Kildare (Floral)
  • “Asplenium Scolopendrium, Hart’s-Tongue fern” by Niamh Harding-Miller, Wicklow (Botanical)
  • “Centaurea nigra” by Shevaun Doherty, Kildare (Botanical)

Highly Commended

• “Rhododendron (Rhododendron Hybrid)” by Helen Simmons, Donegal (Botanical)