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Irish Independent
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Six Wexford exhibitors to feature in this year's Bord Bia Bloom
The festival expects to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site in Phoenix Park, which will play host to 20 spectacular new show gardens at the centre of the experience. Hyland's Nursery from Gorey will exhibit for the first time at Bord Bia Bloom. Returning to the festival this year are Irish Fuchsia Nursery based in Monamolin and Kilmurry Nursery from Gorey, both of which will be showcasing breathtaking plants in the Nursery Village. In addition, popular features will return along with some exciting new demonstrations, panel discussions, talks and performances. These include The Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops including floral crown making in the new Botanical Hub, and exhibitions of Botanical and Floral Art and AOIFA's (Association of Irish Floral Artists) Floral Art Competition. Visitors to Bloom can meet 100+ of Ireland's top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, including three Wexford-based businesses: Killowen Farm from Enniscorthy, a family business producing Yogurt and Cream Cheese using milk from their own cows, New Ross-based Wexford Home Preserves, which makes traditional jams, marmalades and relishes since 1988, and O'Neills Dry Cure Bacon Co, located in Enniscorthy, producers of dry cured bacon products for the retail and food service markets nationwide. Attendees can also enjoy delicious food from plenty of food trucks, the BBQ Bliss area or Bloom's four on-site restaurants: The Garden View Restaurant, Bistro Bloom, Country Crest Restaurant and The Seafood Terrace. New for this year is 'A Taste of Bloom, curated by Neven' a three-course dining experience celebrating quality Irish produce designed exclusively by chef Neven Maguire for Bloom. Laura Douglas, Head of Bloom and Brand Partnerships, Bord Bia said, 'Bloom is a distinctive festival that combines gardening, culinary excellence, sustainable living, and family fun in picturesque natural settings. With so much on offer, we encourage our ticketholders to plan their visit carefully to ensure an unforgettable experience at Bloom this year. To facilitate this, we have added daily stage schedules, an interactive site map, and travel tips on our website." "We appreciate the support of our partners, sponsors, and events team in realising our vision for this year's festival programme. We look forward to witnessing it come to fruition in a few weeks and welcoming new visitors to Bloom 2025,' she added. Tickets for the event, taking place on Thursday, May 29, are still available on the official website and Ticketmaster.
Irish Independent
08-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Three Kerry exhibitors set to join the Bord Bia Bloom event in Dublin
With just three weeks to go until the event in Phoenix Park in Dublin, organisers are encouraging visitors to plan their visit and enjoy a great day out this summer. The festival expects to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site, which will play host to 20 spectacular new show gardens at the centre of the experience. Kells Bay Garden & Nursery from Cahersiveen will exhibit breath taking ferns in the Nursery Village. Twice Gold Medal Winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Billy Alexander, owner at Kells Bay House and Gardens, has won a number of awards for his exotic and rare fern collection. In addition, popular features will return along with some exciting new demonstrations, panel discussions, talks and performances. These include The Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops including floral crown making in the new Botanical Hub, and exhibitions of Botanical and Floral Art and AOIFA's (Association of Irish Floral Artists) Floral Art Competition. Visitors to the Bord Bia Bloom event can expect to meet and treat themselves to 100+ of Ireland's top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, including two local businesses, the Dingle Distillery and Valentia Island Vermouth. Speaking today, Laura Douglas, Head of Bloom and Brand Partnerships, Bord Bia said: 'Bloom is a distinctive festival that combines gardening, culinary excellence, sustainable living, and family fun in picturesque natural settings. With so much on offer, we encourage our ticketholders to plan their visit carefully to ensure an unforgettable experience at Bloom this year. To facilitate this, we have added daily stage schedules, an interactive site map, and travel tips on our website. We appreciate the support of our partners, sponsors, and events team in realising our vision for this year's festival programme. We look forward to witnessing it come to fruition in a few weeks and welcoming new visitors to Bloom 2025' For younger visitors, there is plenty to enjoy too, with returning planting experiences for children along with a range of fun, educational and interactive workshops at the Budding Bloomers Children's Area.
Irish Independent
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Sligo garden designer will feature show garden at Bloom while also giving wellness talks
The festival expects to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site, which will play host to 21 spectacular new show gardens at the centre of the experience. Sligo designer Leonie Cornelius is back at Bord Bia Bloom with her sixth show garden, Noūrish – The Caragh Nurseries Garden. Offering a sanctuary of balance and healing, this courtyard-style garden will blend architecture with wild nature to reconnect us with the natural world. The garden will invite visitors to slow down, restore, and rediscover pleasure in nature. Leonie will also give daily wellness talks, Gardening for Wild + Well, on her vision for wild integration to everyday life while the stage itself will be framed by Leonie's own, hive-design planters filled with colourful, pollinator-friendly plants to keep the Garden Stage, sponsored by Zarbee's 'The natural world teaches us about cycles, patience and resilience. This is what I will be exploring as part of my talks at the Garden Stage - the power of the wild and the realisation that we can take powerful cues from nature to heal - the importance of slowing down to smell the roses, literally and metaphorically. I think that in a time when so many people feel burnt out or unbalanced, I wanted to have conversations around how nature can reconnect and re-align us with those rhythms,' says Leonie. Gardening for Wild + Well Sessions with Leonie will take place daily at 1:45pm at the Garden Stage.. Meanwhile, visitors to Bloom can meet 100+ of Ireland's top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village including Sligo business Good4U. Good4U are makers of natural functional foods. It produces a range of Salad Toppers, Breakfast Boost and Protein Balls, all 100% natural, plant based, nut free, gluten free with no added sugar. There will also be delicious food from plenty of food trucks, the BBQ Bliss area or Bloom's four on-site restaurants: The Garden View Restaurant, Bistro Bloom, Country Crest Restaurant and The Seafood Terrace. New for this year is 'A Taste of Bloom, curated by Neven' a three-course dining experience celebrating quality Irish produce designed exclusively by chef Neven Maguire for Bloom. Green-fingered visitors can also enjoy the perfectly formed petite Postcard Gardens supported by Tirlán CountryLife, breathtaking plants in the Nursery Village and The Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops including floral crown making in the Botanical Hub, and exhibitions of Botanical and Floral Art and AOIFA's (Association of Irish Floral Artists) Floral Art Competition. In addition, popular features will return along with some exciting new demonstrations, panel discussions, talks and performances. These include The Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops including floral crown making in the new Botanical Hub, and exhibitions of Botanical and Floral Art and AOIFA's (Association of Irish Floral Artists) Floral Art Competition. Laura Douglas, Head of Bloom and Brand Partnerships, Bord Bia said, 'Bloom is a distinctive festival that combines gardening, culinary excellence, sustainable living, and family fun in picturesque natural settings. With so much on offer, we encourage our ticketholders to plan their visit carefully to ensure an unforgettable experience at Bloom this year. To facilitate this, we have added daily stage schedules, an interactive site map, and travel tips on our website. We appreciate the support of our partners, sponsors, and events team in realising our vision for this year's festival programme. We look forward to witnessing it come to fruition in a few weeks and welcoming new visitors to Bloom 2025' ADVERTISEMENT For younger visitors, there is plenty to enjoy too, with returning planting experiences for children along with a range of fun, educational and interactive workshops at the Budding Bloomers Children's Area. Tickets are on sale via the website. Two children (aged 16 and under) go free with each adult ticket purchased. This year, a range of additional visitor packages are available incorporating new dining experiences such as 'A Taste of Bloom, curated by Neven' and more. A full list of visitor experiences is available via the festival website. With over 100 talks taking place across five stages throughout the festival's five days, there are countless opportunities for visitors to grow, taste and learn.
