HortiTrends Weekly Comment & News Digest May 31st

We are coming live from Bloom 2012 over the next few days. You can see all the categories of show gardens in the list of articles below along with all the best at show and medal winners. Rain has not stopped play on the first day and there is a fine outlook for the 4 days ahead so there will be an expectation that crowds may meet the 2011 numbers of 90,000. In response to those numbers last year, the show organisers have put a bigger emphasis on ease of movement through the gardens and exhibits for visitors this year.

It has been by some accounts a difficult year, for many of the designers to source suitable sponsors with deep enough pockets so each and every garden is really a credit to them all. We visited on Tuesday and never cease to be amazed at how what still looks like a building site manages to turn into a sea of calm for opening day. Its hard to imagine when you walk around, that over 5 years ago Bloom did not exist and that there was no substantial national garden exhibition for the multitude of design talent that existed in Ireland. The first 5 years of the best gardens are now available in a new book called ‘Bloom’ Inspiring Gardens compiled by Gary Graham and Ciaran Flanagan.

If you think you are too busy to attend then you miss an opportunity to put your finger on the pulse of all that is ornamental and edible horticulture in Ireland. It is a public focused show of course but there is much networking, researching and dealing being done by the trade too. Congratulations to all the winners and to the Bloom team for what promises to be another vibrant show for 2012.

Bloom Articles:

• List of All the Bloom 2012 Medal Winners
• Exhibitor List at Bloom 2012
• Bloom 2012 – 5 Day Irish Weather Forecast Update
• Bloom 2012 Show Gardens – Meet the Judges
• Large Show Gardens at Bloom 2012
• Medium Show Gardens at Bloom 2012
• Small Show Gardens at Bloom 2012

Today’s Other Articles:

• DARD Horticulture Forum on Goods Vehicle Licensing Information
• IOFGA Welcomes the Clarification from the FSAI and DAFM Concerning the Labelling of Organic Eggs
• Bord na Móna Wins Big at Green Awards
• Tesco Rebrands Value Range
• Increasing Range of Food Offerings Targeting the Home-Chef
• 2012 Show Gardens – Meet the Judges
• Annaveigh Nurseries Invest in New Caning Technology

Top 5 Most Read Articles Last Week:

1. Chelsea Awards 2012
2. Chelsea Plant of the Year 2012
3. Business Profile – Garden World Kilquade
4. Dail Questions – Level of Cuts in Horticulture Funding
5. 9 out of 10 Customers Impulse Shop By John Stanley

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Thank you.

Joseph (Editor at HortiTrends)