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Bord Bia Bloom 2026

28 May – 1 Jun 2026 Dublin, Ireland
19
Gardens
21
Designers
18
Awarded

About

Bord Bia Bloom, Ireland’s most celebrated festival of gardening, food, and sustainable living, returns for a 20th year this June bank holiday weekend (Thursday, May 28th – Monday, June 1st  2026). Brimming with colour and creativity, it heralds the start of summer with a dazzling display of glorious gardens, fabulous food, and enthralling entertainment to entice visitors of all ages. Across a 70-acre site in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, visitors can soak up the sights, sounds, and tastes of summer over five buzzing days packed with live entertainment, talks, interactive workshops, dining, shopping and so much more. With an abundance of opportunities to grow, taste, and learn, Bord Bia Bloom is the ultimate family day out.
Gardens

19 gardens catalogued

Large Show Gardens 3

  • A recycled sculptural garden features a rough stone plinth, metal sculptures, and wooden benches along gravel paths, among purple and yellow perennial planting.
    'Recycled, Reused and Refilled' Sculptural Garden
    James Purdy
  • A large show garden features a timber shed, a green-framed greenhouse, ombre green raised beds with diverse planting, and a grey block paved path.
    Fingal Nurturing Communities Through Nature
  • A tall, abstract wooden sculpture made of light-colored intersecting timber slats rises from a dark pond, surrounded by dense green trees and foliage.
    Shared Roots, Common Shade
    Oliver Schurmann, Liat Schurmann

Medium Show Gardens 8

  • A contemporary garden features a white paved patio with light wood seating, surrounded by lush naturalistic planting in shades of purple and white, a Corten steel water feature, and leafy trees.
    Celebrity Dream Garden, inspired by Brendan Courtney
    Declan McKenna
  • A contemporary show garden featuring a rust-coloured Corten steel pergola and benches, pale blue storage units, and vibrant plantings of purple and pink flowers, grasses, and silver birch trees.
    Citroën Family Flexible Garden
    Joshua Fenton
  • A naturalistic garden features a teal patina sculpture of a woman with a wide-brimmed hat holding a bouquet, amidst silver birch trees, lush green foliage, purple flowers, and a winding gravel path.
    Empowering at Every Step
    Robert Moore
  • A contemporary show garden with dark timber decking, two woven sphere sculptures, corten steel screens, purple alliums, magenta flowers, and a lime green Japanese maple.
    I Can Create That Garden with Q102
    Carleen Osborne
  • A naturalistic garden with a grey concrete water trough, vibrant pink flowers, meadow grasses, a dry stone wall, and a gravel seating area.
    Nature in Balance
    Linda McKeown
  • A contemporary garden featuring a purple A-frame structure, a yellow curved wall adorned with wooden log slices, a gabion wall, a relaxed outdoor seating area, and vibrant, informal planting.
    Rooted in Resilience
    David Negus
  • Three ruined concrete panels with large holes stand in a garden of white and purple wildflowers, green shrubs, and a rusty metal beam.
    The 'Future In Mind' Garden
    Joe Eustace
  • An elevated timber deck with a picnic table and benches is surrounded by a water rill and naturalistic planting, featuring purple irises and a timber pergola.
    Where Trust Takes Root
    Scott D. Renwick

Small Show Gardens 2

  • A tranquil small garden with a wooden pergola, deck, woven chair, cobblestone path, white snowball viburnum, and a white raised planter with a wooden bench.
    A Moment for Myself
    Kakha Gigauri, Michael O'Connor
  • A tranquil small show garden features a blue rowing boat in a water rill, a large blue umbrella, a curved wooden deck, and a variety of plants including birch trees, purple alliums, white viburnum, and ferns.
    Met Éireann’s 90th Anniversary: Past, Present and Future
    Paul Dunne, Padraic Woods

Concept Show Gardens 2

  • A modern concept garden features a circular light timber pavilion with dark charred wood cladding, an integrated bench, gravel path, and purple foxglove planting.
    Alltar
    Jack Donovan
  • A vibrant garden wall features orange, red, and yellow flowers, with white spherical eyeball sculptures set into curved timber ribs.
    The Minions & Monsters Garden
    Benny Magennis

Feature Gardens 1

  • A contemporary garden with rusted steel archways, colourful totem sculptures, and bronze artworks displayed in naturalistic green planting.
    The 20th Edition Bloom Gallery Garden
    Maeve O'Neill

Balcony Gardens 3

  • A contemporary balcony garden with a pale green wall featuring a quote and bird decals, a dark timber pergola, slatted wooden bench, and lush planting with a red-leafed tree, yellow flowers, and purple irises.
    The Birdwatcher's Balcony Garden
    Barry Kavanagh
  • A vibrant balcony garden features a yellow timber pergola, red slatted planters with lush green foliage and colourful flowers, and a striking vertical garden wall against a dark blue backdrop.
    The Master Gardener's Balcony
    Debbie Brophy
  • A lush balcony garden with a colourful patterned pergola roof covers a vertical wall of timber panels, ferns, white orchids, and mossy branches, beside grey hexagonal paving and a black balustrade.
    The Plant Collector's Balcony
    Tom Bradford