With less than three weeks to go until the festival of flowers, food and fun returns to the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Bord Bia Bloom has announced that a Laois-based garden designer will join this year’s line-up.
Patrik Weisser of Abbeyleix House and Farm will return to Bloom for the second year, bringing the essence of the estate to the Phoenix Park.
Weisser’s garden, titled The Estate’s Essence, includes elegant planting and classical features, such as small sculptures and the feature wall medallion.
The garden has been brought straight from Abbeyleix House and Farm and offers visitors a glimpse of the beauty of the 250-year-old estate.
Bloom 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.
Green-fingered visitors can also enjoy the perfectly formed petite Postcard Gardens, the Nursery Village and The Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops including floral crown making in the Botanical Hub.
Visitors to Bloom can meet over 100 of Ireland’s top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, with several food trucks, the BBQ Bliss area, and Bloom’s four on-site restaurants.
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.
For younger visitors, there is plenty to enjoy as well, with 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 BordBiaBloom website. Two children (aged 16 and under) go free with each adult ticket purchased.
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