Bloom 2018 Medal Winners 

Photo Fennell Photography

Show Garden Medal Winners

Best in Category

  • Large: ‘The Sustainable Seafood Garden’ – designed by Andrew Christopher Dunne, sponsored by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)
  • Medium: ‘The Enable Ireland Beyond Boundaries Garden in association with Solus Bulbs’ – designed by Linda McKeown, sponsored by Enable Ireland
  • Small: ‘Enchanted Wood’ – designed by Peter O’Brien, sponsored by Plan Eden
  • Concept: ‘MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN’ – designed by Tünde Szentesi, sponsored by Universal Pictures International Ireland
  • Planting: ‘Life is Rosé by Santa Rita ‘Living la Vida 120’’– designed by Alan Rudden, sponsored by Santa Rita

Gold Medal Winners

  • No Limits – GOAL’s Garden For Women – designed by Cornelia Raftery, sponsored by GOAL
  • Life is Rosé by Santa Rita ‘Living la Vida 120’ – designed by Alan Rudden, sponsored by Santa Rita
  • FBD Insurance’s “Deep Play” Garden – designed by Niall Maxwell and Marina Andreeva, sponsored by FBD Insurance
  • Resistance, a garden for Trócaire – designed by Barry Kavanagh, sponsored by Trocaire
  • MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN – designed by Tünde Szentesi, sponsored by Universal Pictures International Ireland
  • DLR Fernhill ‘An Exercise in Sustainability’ – designed by Ruairí Ó Dúlaing and Nicola Haines, sponsored by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
  • Fruit Juice Matters Garden – designed by Kevin Dennis, sponsored by Fruit Juice Matters
  • The Sustainable Seafood Garden – designed by Andrew Christopher Dunne, sponsored by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)
  • The Greener Way for Fingal – designed by Fingal County Council and Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, sponsored by Fingal County Council and Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
  • A Different Outlook – designed by Oliver and Liat Schurmann, sponsored by Savills

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • Enchanted Wood – designed by Peter O’Brien, sponsored by Plan EdenOur Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin Garden – designed by Anthony Ryan and K
  • ieran Dunne, sponsored by Kildare Growers
  • The Enable Ireland Beyond Boundaries Garden in association with Solus Bulbs – designed by Linda McKeown, sponsored by Enable Ireland
  • Marie Keating Foundation SunSmart Garden – designed by Peter Cowell and Monty Richardson (AKA The Hairy Gardeners), sponsored by the Marie Keating Foundation / MSD
  • The Sanctuary Nurture Garden – designed by Dominic O’Donohue, sponsored by Sanctuary Synthetics

Silver Medal Winners

  • Moving Statues to Marriage Equality– designed by Brian Burke, sponsored by Woodie’s

Bronze Medal Winners

  • The Sanctuary Upside Down Garden – designed by Mark O’Loughlin, sponsored by Sanctuary Synthetics
  • Growing Shed Garden – designed by Melanie Webb
  • Moments in Time – Dementia: Understand Together Garden – designed by Dementia Friendly Garden (DFG) Team, sponsored by Dementia: Understand Together Campaign

NEW AWARD

Best Contractor

  • Mark Mohan – Silverstream Landscapes

Nursery Display Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Kells Bay Gardens, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry

Gold Medal Winners

  • Navan Garden Centre, Navan Co. Meath
  • Hughes Roses Ltd., Garristown, Co.Dublin
  • Springmount Garden Centre, Gorey, Co. Wexford
  • Boyne Garden Centre, Slane, Co. Meath
  • O’Reilly Nurseries, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan
  • Indoor Plant Store Ltd., Dublin 8
  • Heritage Bulbs, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
  • Fuchsiavale Nurseries, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK
  • Premium Pelargoniums (Fuchsiavale), Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK
  • Riverlane Nurseries, Trim, Co. Meath
  • Kells Bay Gardens, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry
  • Kilmurry Nursery, Gorey, Co. Wexford
  • Mr. Middleton Garden Shop, Dublin 1
  • Irish Water Plants, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
  • Green Art Production, NL-1760 AB Anna Paulowna, Alkmaar
  • W.S. Warmenhoven, Hillegom, The Netherlands

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • Western Plant Nursery Ltd., Skreen, Co. Sligo
  • Papervale Trees, Newry, Co. Down
  • Association of Irish Floral Artists (AOIFA), Rathfarnham, Dublin 14

Silver Medal Winners

  • Garden Direct, Naas, Co. Kildare
  • Cois Na Trá Plants, Westport, Co. Mayo
  • Three Gates Nursery & Florist, Naul, Co. Dublin

Bronze Medal Winners

  • Shady Plants, Clashmore, Co. Waterford
  • Teagasc, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
  • Irish Fuchsia Nursery, Gorey, Co Wexford
  • Doran Nurseries (Irish Plants), Naas, Co. Kildare

A.O.I.F.A Floral Art Competition Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Adrienne Flood, Portrane, Co. Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Club), Category: {In Homage To…}

Gold Medal Winners

  •  Adrienne Flood, Portrane, Co. Dublin (Sutton Floral Art Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Aisling F. Mullen, Sandyford, Dublin 18 (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Kathleen Barrett, Athea, Co. Limerick (Newcastle West Desmond and District Flower Club), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Mary Hayde, Naas, Co. Kildare, (Naas Flower & Garden Club), Category:{Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Terese Kilcullen,  Blackrock, Co. Dublin, (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Ann Clifford, Dundrum, Co. Dublin, (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Christine Foley, Kells, Co. Meath,  (Navan Floral Art Group),  Category: {Microcosm}
  • Christine Hughes, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, (Naas Flower & Garden Club), Category: {Microcosm}

Silver Gilt Medal Winner

  • Christine Foley, Kells, Co. Meath, (Navan Floral Art Group), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Ann Hester, Passage West, Co. Cork, (Cork Flower Club), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Harumi Langford, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, (South Dublin Flower Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Dolores Hand, Donabate, Co. Dublin, (Naul Flower Club), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Una Whelan, Bray, Co. Wicklow, (Bray Flower Club), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Carol Bone, Bray, Co. Wicklow, (Bray Flower Club), Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Christine Hughes, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, (Naas Flower & Garden Club),  Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Bridget Morley, Oughterard, Co. Galway, (Galway Flower and Garden Club), Category: {Microcosm}

Silver Medal Winner

  • Libby Reddin, Swords, Co. Dublin, (Swords), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Ciara Nichol, Ashbourne, Co, Meath, (Ashbourne Flower Club),  Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Marie Dodrill, Drogheda, (Sutton Flower Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Adrienne Thompson, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, (Naas Flower & Garden Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Nell Stritch, Clonlara, Co. Clare, (Limerick Flower & Garden Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Maura Worthington, Swords, Co. Dublin, (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Elizabeth Murray, Tara, Co. Meath, (Navan Floral Art Club), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Margaret Quinn, Tonlegee Road, Co. Dublin, (North Dublin Flower Club), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Olive Clifford, Sandyford, Co. Dublin, (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Ann Clifford, Dundrum, Co. Dublin, (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: {Microcosm}

Bronze Medal Winner

  • Anne Butler, The Naul, Co. Dublin, (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Clare Whelan, Artane, Co. Dublin, (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Louise Bolger, The Naul, (Naul Garden & Flower Club), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Terri Kennedy, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, (North Dublin Flower Club), Category: {Simple Pleasures}
  • Eileen Fair, Newcastle Galway, (Galway Flower & Garden Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Sharon O’Sullivan, Malahide, Co. Dublin, (Sutton Floral Art Club), Category: {In Homage To…}
  • Maria Watchorn, Dundrum, Co. Dublin, (Doddervale Flower Club), Category: {Summer’s Rich Tapestry}
  • Elizabeth Murray, Tara, Co. Meath, (Navan Floral Art Club), Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Marion McGee, Tynan, Co. Armagh, (Monaghan Flower & Garden Club), Category: {Flowers Dance Upon The Air}
  • Ali Dietrich, Portrane, Co. Dublin, (Sutton Floral Art Group), Category: {Microcosm}

Postcard Garden Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show

  • Villierstown National School – ‘Dromana Gate and the Lost Sliotar’

Certificate of Distinction
Villierstown National School – ‘Dromana Gate and the Lost Sliotar’

  • VTOS Horticulture Cabra Community College – ‘An Eye to Sea’
  • Bray Community Addiction Team – ‘Living With Heart’

Highly Commended

  • Aliçia S Kavanagh in affiliation with Meath Springboard Family Support Services – ‘Rainbow’s End’
  • Brothers of Charity Services Horticultural Group – ‘A Feast of the Senses’
  • CDETB Adult Education Service – ‘Grow Your Own Rainbow’
  • KOTG Garden Group – ‘On the Verge of Greatness’
  • North Kildare Educate Together National School – ‘Growing While Learning, Learning While Growing’
  • Shine The Basement Resource Centre in association with SeeChange – ‘The Green Ribbon Garden’

Commended

  • Inchicore College Furniture Design and Horticulture Students – ‘Core Values Wright Design: Harmonising architecture with nature, Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence on Inchicore College’
  • PACE Social Enterprise – ‘Upcycled Balcony Garden’
  • Coolmine T.C. – ‘Coolmine Woodland Hug’
  • Batteries for Barretstown – ‘Batteries for Barretstown

Botanical and Floral Art Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Teloschistes chrysophthalmus’ (Best in Category) by Shevaun Doherty, Sandyford, Co. Dublin (Botanical)

Gold Medal Winners

  • ‘Teloschistes chrysophthalmus’ (Best in Category) by Shevaun Doherty, Sandyford, Co. Dublin (Botanical)

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  •  ‘Davallia sp. , Hare’s foot fern’ by Fionnuala Broughan, Dundrum, Co. Dublin (Botanical)
  • ‘Crocus vernus, Dutch crocus’ by Shevaun Doherty, Sandyford, Co. Dublin (Botanical)
  • ‘Hydrangea’  by Siobhan Larkin, East Wall, Dublin 3 (Botanical)
  • ‘Arisarum probiscideum, Mousetail Plant’ by Elaine Mackey,  Dublin (Botanical)
  • ‘Yellow flag’  by Anne Mc Leod, Wexford (Floral)
  • ‘Iris ‘Turkish Blue’ ‘ by Holly Somerville, Baltinglass, County Wicklow (Botanical)
    Silver Medal Winners
  • ‘Iris’  by Sue Van Coppenhagen, Ladysbridge, Co. Cork (Floral)
  • ‘Anthurium hybrid’  by Jane Stark, Moycullen, Co. Galway (Botanical)
  • ‘Douglas Fir’  by Lynn Stringer, Wicklow (Botanical)
  • ‘Iris “Haute les voiles”’  by Lynn Stringer, Wicklow (Botanical)
  • ‘Dahlia “Univesity of Vienna”’  by Margareta Pertl, Dublin (Floral)

Bronze Medal Winners

  •  ‘Metaplexis japonica’  by Soyoung Sin, Seoul, Korea (Botanical)
  •  ‘Hawthorn Hedgerow’ by Kathrine Geoghegan, Straffan, Co. Kildare (Floral)
  •  ‘Hedgerow Study Ash’ by Yanny Petters, Bray, Co. Wicklow (Botanical)
  •  ‘Hedgerow Study Spindle’  by Yanny Petters, Bray, Co. Wicklow (Botanical)
  • ‘Wild bindweed’  by Anne Mc Leod, Wexford (Floral)
  • ‘Sanctuary’  by Holly Somerville, Baltinglass, County Wicklow (Floral)

Highly Commended Entries

  • ‘Peony’  by Nicola Morrin, Athy, Kildare (Floral)
  • ‘Oriental Poppy’  by Nicola Morrin, Athy, Kildare (Floral)