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Bord Bia Bloom 2025

29 May – 2 Jun 2025 Dublin, Ireland
21
Gardens
21
Designers
19
Awarded

About

Bord Bia Bloom 2025 unfolds from May 29 to June 2 in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, transforming 70 acres into a vibrant celebration of gardening, food, and sustainable living. Now in its 19th year, the festival showcases 21 meticulously designed Show Gardens that address themes ranging from biodiversity and climate resilience to mental health and urban greening. Notable installations include the Repak Most Sorted Garden, emphasizing circular economy principles, and the European Commission’s Renewed Blooms Garden, which repurposes materials to blend nature with human-made elements. The festival also features the Botanical Hub, offering live demonstrations and hands-on workshops on topics like floral crown making and houseplant care. Visitors can explore the Nursery Village, meet growers, and purchase a wide selection of plants from Irish nurseries. Culinary enthusiasts can enjoy over 100 artisan food producers in the Food Hall and attend live cooking demonstrations by renowned chefs such as Donal Skehan and Neven Maguire. Families are catered to with the Budding Bloomers Children’s Area, featuring face painting, crafting, and performances from popular children’s entertainers. With its rich blend of horticultural inspiration, gourmet experiences, and family-friendly activities, Bord Bia Bloom 2025 offers a comprehensive and engaging experience for all attendees.
Gardens

21 gardens catalogued

Large Show Gardens 3

  • A colourful large show garden features a timber pergola over a curved black bench, a wet circular patio with pink and blue lines, gravel paths, and vibrant mixed herbaceous borders.
    Fostering IS For You
    Pip Probert
  • A lush naturalistic garden features a rough-hewn stone water feature, a reflective metal rill, and dense planting of white and purple wildflowers and trees.
    Repak Most Sorted Garden
    James Purdy
  • A large naturalistic garden features a tall, slatted timber tower, dense ornamental grasses, low dry-stone walls, and white, yellow, and orange flowers.
    The Grass Advantage
    Robert Moore

Medium Show Gardens 6

  • A contemporary garden shows a timber pergola over a wooden deck with a curved bench, lush planting, a metal grid path, and a water rill.
    Citroën Downsizers' Garden
    Louise Checa
  • A modern show garden featuring a large metal dandelion sculpture, a circular rusty arch, curved concrete planters, white birch trees, and a mix of purple and green plants.
    Make-A-Wish Garden of Hope
    Linda McKeown
  • A contemporary Mediterranean garden with a rendered wall featuring arched alcoves, comfortable lounge furniture on a paved patio, and a border of green and silvery foliage plants.
    Nourish - The Caragh Nurseries Garden
    Leonie Cornelius
  • A lively garden with a hot pink fence, dark pergola, brick patio dining set, and a mown path through wildflowers.
    Super Garden Winner - 'Bee Happy' Wildlife Garden
    Debbie Brophy
  • A naturalistic garden features a large multi-layered wooden insect hotel, diverse green and flowering plants, a blue folding chair, and paths made of gravel and cobblestones.
    The European Commission's 'Renewed Blooms' Garden
    David Negus
  • A modern show garden featuring a black conical outdoor fireplace, two grey sling chairs on a paved patio, and abundant ornamental grasses.
    The Support Garden
    Joe Eustace

Small Show Gardens 6

  • A balcony garden with a yellow wall, black cold frame, vertical herb planters, an oval wooden table, orange chairs, and edible plants.
    GIY Balcony Garden
    Barry Kavanagh
  • A tranquil woodland garden features a dark timber path winding past a curved dark brown sculpture, surrounded by ferns, grasses, birch trees, and other lush green and dark-leaved plants with small white and purple flowers.
    Into The Forest
    Sarah Cotterill
  • A rustic farmhouse garden with Corten steel rooster and hen sculptures, stone trough, and rusty metal structures amidst lush greenery and colourful flowers.
    Manor Farm - 250 Years Taste and Tradition
    Tünde Perry
  • The Estate's Essence
    The Estate's Essence
    Patrik Weisser
  • A vibrant balcony garden featuring a grey wall with hexagonal wooden shelves, lush pink and white cosmos, ferns, climbing plants, and a hot pink planter.
    The Pink Lady Balcony
    Cornelia Raftery
  • The Pot Gallery Garden features three large weathered urns against a dark green vertical garden wall, with lush planting, black plank paving, and two wooden lounge chairs.
    The Pot Gallery Garden
    Alan Rudden

Concept Show Gardens 4

  • A dark grey dragon sculpture with bright green eyes peeks from dense green ferns and foliage beside a still, dark pond with a sandy bank.
    How to Train Your Dragon Garden
    Tünde Perry, Barry Kavanagh
  • A tall wooden birdhouse sculpture rises from a lush, naturalistic garden featuring pale green geometric paving, a golden lattice screen, and white and purple wildflowers.
    Nature Wrapped in Gold
    Ailish Drake
  • A tall gabled wooden structure, resembling a giant bird box with vertical timber cladding, a round yellow-framed window, and a wooden perch, is nestled among green trees.
    The Early Bird Catches the Worm Garden
    Benny Magennis
  • A vibrant balcony garden constructed from multi-coloured LEGO bricks, featuring brick planters, a bench, wall-mounted window boxes, and an array of colourful artificial brick flowers.
    The Rainbow Brick Balcony Garden
    Gary Kirwan

Feature Gardens 2

  • A large human-like sculpture of woven roots and vines emerges from dark earth, with silver birch trees and a wooden lattice structure.
    Nature's Symphony: Celebrating Organic Growth
    Liat Schurmann, Oliver Schurmann
  • A naturalistic garden with a light green shepherd's hut, a grey flagstone patio, stone stepping stones, and a rusty fire pit among lush mixed planting.
    The Plant Lover's Garden - Easy Steps to Dream Gardens
    Patricia Tyrrell
Location

Where it happens

Phoenix Park
Dublin
D08 Y304
Ireland
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