Strong Kildare presence at Bloom 2025
Bloom is taking place again this year
A TOTAL of 10 Kildare exhibitors will be joining this year’s Bord Bia Bloom event line-up across gardening, food, and drink.
With just a few weeks to go until the festival of flowers, food and fun returns to its home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, organisers are encouraging visitors to plan their visit and enjoy a great day out this summer between 29 May and 2 June.
From Newbridge, Joe Eustace returns to Bloom and this year will design the Support Garden, sponsored by the Decision Support Centre.
The organisation is an essential service for people who face difficulties and need support exercising their decision-making capacity, including, people with an intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, mental health difficulty or dementia. The Support Garden embodies the deeply personal journey of advance planning, reflecting themes of strength, trust, and care.
The Plant Collector from Cellbridge, Woodview Nurseries, Irish Plants, and Bee’s Knees Nurseries all from Naas will exhibit 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 over 100 of Ireland’s top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, including five Kildare businesses: Rye River Brewing Company from Cellbridge, Killadoon Milk, Cellbridge, Brady Family Ham from Timahoe , Fused by Fiona Uyema, Naas and Couverture Desserts from Naas.
The festival expects to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site, which will play host to 21 spectacular new show gardens.
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 Bord Bia website, and two children aged 16 and under go free with each adult ticket purchased.
