Four medals were awarded to Limerick entrants across three categories at the festival which took place during the June Bank Holiday weekend.
BLOOMING brilliant would be an accurate way to describe how Limerick garden designers and botanical and floral artists fared at this years Bord Bia Bloom festival.
Four medals were awarded to Limerick entrants across three categories at the festival which took place during the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Gary Kirwan from Corbally won in the Show Garden Category for his design The Rainbow Brick Balcony Garden.
Nature Wrapped in Gold sponsored by Kerrygold (Limerick) also grabbed the judges attention, designed by Ailish Drake and Conor Hourigan.
Athea was on the map following Kathleen Barrett’s Gold / Best in Show for her work ‘Shape The Future’ with the Limerick Flower and Garden Club, while Navana Sandur from Mungret was honoured for her ‘Prunus domestica ‘Opal’ Bontical’ in the Botanical and Floral Art category.
The overall large garden category award went to the Repak Most Sorted Garden, designed by James Purdy and the overall medium garden category award was presented toย The European Commission’s ‘Renewed Blooms’ Garden, designed by David Negus.
All 21 show gardens showcased at this year’s festival are designed with sustainability in mind and incorporate environmental measures; however, these two gardens particularly convey strong sustainability messages for visitors to take home.
A total of 19 medals, including eight gold medals, were awarded to show gardens in advance of the show opening to the public this morning.
Commenting on the standard of this year’s designs,ย Chief Garden Judge, Andrew Wilsonย said: “Each year we come to Bloom the quality of the show gardens steps up an extra notch. The judging panel has been delighted by the range of ideas, the creativity, and the quality of the gardens this year. It’s especially great to see sustainable ideas at the fore. We are seeing this with recycling, the choice of planting, and the reuse and repurposing of materials throughout the gardens.”
