Bloom 2017 medal winners

Show Garden Medal Winners

Best in Category

  • Large: “FBD Insurance “Transition” by Oliver & Liat Schurmann, Mount Venus Nursery, Dublin.
  • Medium: ‘The Teagasc Garden of Hope’ in association with Pieta House  by Louise Jones, Laura Cassin & Linda Murphy from Teagasc, Kilkenny.
  • Small: ‘Everyone has a Dream’ by Leonie Cornelius at Woodies by Leonie Cornelius, Sligo.
  • Concept: Oxfam Ireland and GOAL Garden: ‘A World Beyond Walls’ by Niall Maxwell, Dublin.
  • Planting: ‘Savills Urban Retreat’ by Alan Rudden, Dublin.

Gold Medal Winners

  • Niall Maxwell: Oxfam Ireland and GOAL Garden ‘A World Beyond Walls’
  • Louise Jones, Laura Cassin & Linda Murphy: ‘The Teagasc Garden of Hope’ in association with Pieta House
  • John Durston: ‘Nature’s Resurgence’ sponsored by Ria Organics
  • Alan Rudden: ‘Savills Urban Retreat’
  • Kevin Dennis: ‘Living Oasis by Santa Rita: Living La Vida 120’
  • Oliver and Liat Schurmann: ‘FBD Insurance Transition’

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • Leonie Cornelius: ‘Everyone has a Dream’ by Leonie Cornelius at Woodies
  • Kieran Dunne & Anthony Ryan: ‘Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin Garden’ sponsored by Crumlin and Bord na Mona
  • Bríd Conroy: ‘Despicable Me 3’ Garden sponsored by Universal Studios
  • James Purdy + Dan Henson: ‘Cuprinol Kaleidoscope of Colour’ sponsored by Cuprinol
  • Dara O’Daly: ‘Greening the City’ sponsored by Dublin City Council and Greenleaf Ireland
  • Tünde Szentesi: ‘My Land, Your Land – Ireland’ sponsored by Agri Aware

Silver Medal Winners

  • Maeve O’Neill: ‘The Strawberry Bed Garden’ sponsored by Bord Bia
  • Tricia Harris & Seamus Furlong: ‘A Space to Collaborate’ sponsored by Chocolate Factory Collective
  • Tom Grey & Dementia-Friendly Garden Team: ‘Dementia Friendly Garden’
  • Paul Dunne & Tünde Szentesi: ‘Marie Keating Foundation Heroes of Hope Garden’
  • Des Kingston: ‘Rustica Hibernia’ sponsored by Super Garden
  • Brian Burke: ‘On Cloud CaNine’ sponsored by Dogs Trust
  • Joan Mallon: ‘The Enable Ireland ‘No Limits’ Garden in association with Solus Light Bulbs’
  • Linda McKeown: ‘Until Love Conquers Fear – A Garden for Trocaire’ sponsored by Trocaire

Bronze Medal Winners

  • Hugh Ryan: ‘Stem Cell’
  • Fingal County Council & Institute of Technology Blanchardstown: ‘Flúirse Fingal’

Nursery Garden Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Kells Bay Gardens, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry

Gold Medal Winners

  • O’Reilly Nurseries, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan
  • Navan Garden Centre, Co. Meath
  • Plant Store, Tallaght, Dublin 24
  • Heritage Bulbs, Dublin Industrial Estate, Dublin 11
  • Fuchsiavale, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK
  • Kells Bay Gardens, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry
  • Kilmurry Nursery , Gorey, Co. Wexford
  • Teagasc, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
  • Mr Middleton Garden Shop, Dublin 1
  • W.S. Warmenhoven,  Hillegom, The Netherlands

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • Hughes Roses Ltd, Garristown, Co. Dublin
  • Riverlane Nursery, Trim, Co. Meath
  • Irish Water Plants, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
  • Cois Na Trá Plants,  Westport, Co. Mayo
  • Association of Irish Floral Artists, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14

Silver Medal Winners

  • Garden Direct, Naas, Co. Kildare
  • Western Plant Nursery Ltd, Skreen, Co. Sligo
  • Premium Pelargoniums, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK
  • Shady Plants, Youghal, Co. Cork
  • Dublin School of Horticulture, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
  • Harrington Exotics, Saggart, Co. Dublin
  • Papervale Trees, Newry, Co. Dublin
  • Green Art Production, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
  • Three Gates Florist & Nursery, Naul, Co. Dublin

Bronze Medal Winners

  • Flannery’s Nurseries, Donadea, Co. Kildare
  • Waterford Institute of Technology, Co. Waterford

A.O.I.F.A Floral Art Competition 2017 Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Maeve Duke: ‘Vision of Beauty’, Rathfarnham, Dublin

Gold Medal Winner

  • Margaret Murphy: ‘High Summer’, Sallins, Kildare
  • Maeve Duke: ‘Vision of Beauty’, Rathfarnham, Dublin
  • Helen Kelly: ‘Vision of Beauty’, Stamullen, Meath
  • Sharon O’ Sullivan: ‘The Evening Shades Prevail’, Malahide, Co. Dublin
  • Karen O’ Farrell: ‘Patterns From Nature’, Rush, co. Dublin
  • Carol Bone: ‘Perfectly Formed’, Bray, Co. Wicklow

Silver Gilt Medal Winner

  • Christine Foley: High Summer, Kells, Meath
  • Kathleen Barnett:  Vision of Beauty, Athea, Limerick
  • Maura Quirke: The Evening Shades Prevail, Portrane, Dublin
  • Terri Kennedy: The Evening Shades Prevail, Dublin
  • Marion Mc Gee: Patterns From Nature, Tynan, Armagh
  • Ann Clifford: Perfectly Formed, Dundrum, Co. Dublin

Silver Medal Winner

  • Bernadette Cullen: High Summer, Monasterevin, Kildare
  • Louise Bolger: Vision of Beauty, The Naul, Dublin
  • Margaret Quinn: Vision of Beauty, Dublin
  • Beatrice Hertog: The Evening Shades Prevail, Warrenstown, Meath
  • Bridget Morley: Patterns From Nature, Oughterard, Galway
  • Karen Robinson:  Perfectly Formed, Ballinteer, Dublin
  • Sharon O’Sullivan: Perfectly Formed, Malahide, Dublin

Bronze Medal Winner

  • Elizabeth Kenny: High Summer, Enniscorthy, Wexford
  • Adrienne Flood: Vision of Beauty, Donabate, Dublin
  • Ann Clifford: The Evening Shades Prevail, Dundrum, Dublin
  • Anne O’Dowd:  Patterns From Nature, Dublin
  • Ann Hester: Patterns From Nature, Passage West, Cork
  • Terri Kennedy:  Perfectly Formed, Dublin

Postcard Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show

  • ‘Caoga Bliain ag Fás – Fifty Years a Growing’ by County Wexford Garden & Flower Club.

Certificate of Distinction

  • ‘Drogheda on the Boyne’ by St. Josephs Secondary School Drogheda.
  • ‘Nuture and Nature the path to Wonder’ by NCCWN / ACCESS 2000 Community Development Project, Co. Wexford.
  • ‘Magic of Mindness’ by Procrastimake in collaboration with Shannon Orchard, Longford.
  • ‘Discovery beyond Windows’ by NLN Park House, Co. Dublin.
  • ‘Caoga Bliain ag Fás – Fifty Years a Growing’ by County Wexford Garden & Flower Club.

Highly Commended

  • ‘Good for the Heart’ by The Heartbeat Trust, Dun Laoghaire.
  • ‘Reflection of Life’ by PACE Training Services & Social Enterprise, Santry, Dublin.
  • ‘On the b-right side of life’ by Friends of the Earth Ireland, Dublin.
  • ‘The Cunnigar Crossing’ by Dungarvan Hillwalking Club, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.
  • ‘Together as One’ by PACT Youth Diversion Project and Pathfinders Brothers of Charity joint exhibition Waterford

Commended

  • ‘Coolmine 2017’ by Coolmine Therapeutic, Dublin 15
  • ‘Escape Into Nature’ by Merlin Woods Primary School, Doughiska, Co. Galway
  • ‘Burren in Bloom’ by Fiona Bichard in collaboration with Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers, Athenry, Co. Galway

Botanical and Floral Art 2017 Medal Winners

Best in Category – Best in Show Winner

  • Prunus Domestica ‘Victoria’, Victoria Plums by Shevaun Doherty, Sandyford, Dublin

Gold Medal Winners

  • ‘Fading Papaver orientale’ by Mary Dillon, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
  • ‘Prunus Domestica ‘Victoria’, Victoria Plums’ by Shevaun Doherty, Sandyford, Dublin
  • ‘Gerbera’ by Siobhan Larkin, Dublin
  • ‘Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Black Tulip’ by Holly Somerville, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow

Silver Gilt Medal Winners

  • ‘Rosebay Willowherb / Chamerion angustifolium’ by Lynn Stringer, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow

Silver Medal Winners

  • ‘Tulipa Rococo’ by Mary Dillon, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
  • ‘Wheat Field Castlewarden’ by Katherine Geoghegan, Straffan, Co. Kildare
  • ‘Coconut Tree “Cocos nucifera” by Nayana Sandur, Co. Limerick
  • ‘Turning’ by Holly Somerville, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
  • ‘Japanese Anemones’ by Sue van Coppenhagen, Co. Cork

Bronze Medal Winners

  • ‘Citrux reticulata’ by Shevaun Doherty, Sandyford, Dublin
  • ‘Barley Field Bodenstown’ by Katherine Geoghegan, Straffan, Co. Kildare
  • ‘Opium Poppy’ by Siobhan Larkin, Dublin
  • ‘Apple blossom’ by Anne McLeod, Co. Wexford
  • ‘Primroses’ by Anne McLeod, Co. Wexford