We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s show gardens, nurseries and postcard gardens. The judging panels for Bord Bia Bloom 2022 included 15 Irish and international horticulture experts, who today announced 78 awards for show garden designers, nurseries, floral artists, botanical art and amateur garden designers including 22 Gold, 17 Silver, 13 Bronze and 9 certificates of commendation.
Show Garden Winners
| Garden Title |
Designer’s Name(s) |
Category |
Award |
| Hit Pause, The Caragh Nurseries Garden – Best in Category Winner |
Andrew Dunne |
Large |
Gold |
| Green Cities Europe Garden |
James Purdy |
Large |
Silver Gilt |
| The Organic Edible Garden |
James Purdy |
Meddium |
Silver |
| Enable Ireland Respite Garden |
Robert Moore |
Medium |
Silver |
| Savills Urban Oasis Garden – Best in Category Winner |
Alan Rudden |
Medium |
Gold |
| Aldi’s Sustainable For-est Garden |
Tünde Perry |
Medium |
Silver |
| Woodie’s Seomra Eile |
Brian Burke |
Medium |
Silver Gilt |
| National Dairy Council Sustainable Dairy Farm Garden |
Sean Russell |
Medium |
Gold |
| Sightsavers Gairdín na gCéadfaí (Sensory Garden) |
Ailish Drake |
Medium |
Silver Gilt |
| & Conor Houlihan |
| The Minions Garden |
Benny Magennis |
Concept |
Silver |
| Pathways to Home |
Seán O’Malley |
Medium |
Gold |
| and Oisín Griffin |
| Reflections (Super Garden – 2020) |
Mark Hoey |
Medium |
Silver Gilt |
| Super Garden – 2021 (MA F) |
Mary Anne Farenden |
Medium |
Bronze |
| Croí – The Cardiovascular Garden |
Derek O’Keeffe |
Concept |
Silver |
| Eureka – Best in Category Winner |
Niall Deacon |
Small |
Gold |
| Beauty & The Beast The Musical Garden |
Cornelia Raftery & Tom Leavy |
Concept |
Silver |
| The Green Balcony |
Kathryn Feeley |
Small |
Silver Gilt |
Nursery Winners
| Company |
First Name |
Surname |
Category |
Award |
| Kilmurry Nursery |
Hazel |
Woods |
Nursery |
Gold |
| Papervale Trees |
Jonathan |
Jackson |
Nursery |
Gold |
| Three Gates Nursery & Florist |
Christopher |
White |
Floristry/Nursery/Education |
Silver |
| Western Plant Nursery Ltd |
|
|
Nursery |
Gold |
| DEPT. OF Agriculture |
|
|
Education |
Bronze |
| Shady Plants |
Mike |
Keep |
Nursery |
Silver Gilt |
| Boyne Garden Centre |
Aileen |
Muldoon Byrne |
Nursery |
Gold |
| Kells Bay Gardens |
Billy |
Alexander |
Nursery |
Gold |
| Doran Nurseries (Irish Plants) |
Mary |
Doran |
Nursery/Education |
Bronze |
| Riverlane Nurseries |
Eileen |
Eivers |
Nursery |
Gold |
| W.S. Warmenhoven |
Mark |
Warmenhoven |
Nursery |
Gold |
| Mount Venus Nursery – Best in Category Winner |
Oliver |
Shurmann |
Nursery |
Gold |
| Green Art Production |
Jan |
Stins |
Nursery |
Silver Gilt |
| Irish Fuchsia Nursery |
Leonie |
Meehan |
Nursery |
Silver |
| Fleur Studio |
Shane |
Ginty |
Nursery |
Silver |
| The Bee’s Knees |
Patrick |
Doran |
Nursery |
Silver |
| Plant Store |
Pat |
Keville |
Nursery |
Gold |
Postcard Garden Winners
| Group / Organisation Name |
Garden Name |
Award |
| Friends of Dublin Samaritans |
The Forest of Hope |
Commended |
| Finglas Addiction Support Team |
The Many Pathways to Recovery |
Commended |
| Sacred Heart Junior and Senior School, Tallaght |
Where’s Wally? |
Highly Commended |
| Ardscoil La Salle |
Biodiversity and Wellbeing Village |
Certificate of Distinction |
| St. Mary’s Community Gardening Group – Best in Category Winner |
Sensing our way through the Rumbles of the Jungle |
Certificate of Distinction |
| Naul Community Council |
Naul Village through the Pandemic |
Certificate of Distinction |
| Rehab Group – National Learning Network, Ballyfermot |
Shelbug Garden Hotel |
Certificate of Distinction |
| Walkinstown Greenhills Resource Centre |
Walk in My Shoes |
Commended |
| Coolmine Community School |
The Zen Garden |
Highly Commended |
Botanical and Floral Art Winners
| First Name |
Last Name |
Title |
Award |
Category |
| Shevaun |
Doherty |
Take a Breath’- Tree Lungwort, Lobaria pulmonaria with Pertusaria multipuncta – Best in Category Winner |
Gold |
Botanical |
| Nayana |
Sandur |
Orange ‘Citrus sinensis’ |
Silver Gilt |
Botanical |
| Shevaun |
Doherty |
‘Seaweed Dance’- Eggwrack, Ascophyllum nodosum with Vertebrata lanosa |
Silver Gilt |
Botanical |
| Siobhan |
Larkin |
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ |
Silver Gilt |
Botanical |
| Lynn |
Stringer |
Making Hay (Agrostis stolonifera, Holcus mollis, Holcus lanatus & Agrostis capillaris) |
Gold |
Botanical |
| Nayana |
Sandur |
Tulip ‘Purple Prince’ |
|
Botanical |
| Olwyn |
Burke |
Geranium sanguineum var. striatum |
Gold |
Botanical |
| Siobhán |
Collins |
Olive branch |
|
Botanical |
| Lynn |
Stringer |
Clethra delavayi |
|
Botanical |
| Olwyn |
Burke |
Davidia involucrata |
Silver |
Botanical |
| Siobhán |
Collins |
Dandelion |
|
Botanical |
| YANNY |
PETTERS |
Scots pine cone |
|
Botanical |
| Sylvia |
Linehan |
Cymbidium ‘Cooksbridge Satin’ |
|
Botanical |
| Fionnuala |
Broughan |
Sciadopitys verticillata |
|
Botanical |
| Sylvia |
Linehan |
Galanthus nivalis ‘Snowdrop’ Primula veris ‘Cowslip’ |
|
Botanical |
| Hazel |
Beehan |
Iris |
|
Botanical |
| Edyta |
Danieluk |
Hydrangea macrophylla |
|
Botanical |
| Jo |
Cummins |
Geranium Ivy Pelargonium peltatum, Blizzard Dark Red (Ivy-leaved Geranium) |
|
Botanical |
| Elaine |
Moore Mackey |
Rosa ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ |
|
Botanical |
| Sue |
Van Coppenhagen |
Rhododendron Loderi |
Gold |
Floral |
| Sue |
Van Coppenhagen |
Snowdrops and Scarlet Elf Cups |
Silver Gilt |
Floral |
| Nicola |
Lynch Morrin |
Peoney – unfinished leave to be painted |
|
Floral |
| Barbara |
Burke |
castor oil leaf detail papercut |
|
Floral |
| Barbara |
Burke |
Lilly leaf detail papercut |
|
Floral |
| carmel |
fenlon |
‘Hope Meadow’ |
Silver |
Floral |
| Trish |
Maher-Hogan |
Castanea / chestnuts |
|
Floral |
| Kathrine |
Geoghegan |
Winter Fern |
Silver |
Floral |
| Nicola |
Lynch Morrin |
Single minded |
|
Floral |
| Trish |
Maher-Hogan |
Allium cepa / white onion |
Silver |
Floral |
| Anne |
McLeod |
Japanese anemones in the mist. – Best in Category Winner |
Gold |
Floral |
| Jacinta |
Hughes |
Viburnum opulus / Guelder Rose with Garden Spider |
|
Floral |
| Jacinta |
Hughes |
Cedrus atlantica / Atlas Cedar with Wasp |
|
Floral |
| carmel |
fenlon |
‘Sunflower Meadow 1, |
Bronze |
Floral |
| Kathrine |
Geoghegan |
Tarmonbarry Bog Cotton |
|
Floral |
| Anne |
McLeod |
Yellow flag. |
|
Floral |
| Fionnuala |
Broughan |
Garden Ivies |
|
Floral |
| Ingrid |
Nolan |
Old and New |
|
Floral |
| Pauline |
Scott |
Spring Blooms 2021 |
|
Floral |
| Cróna |
Gallagher |
‘Dreamers’ |
|
Floral |
| Yvonne |
Molony O Caoimh |
Scented Shooting Star |
|
Floral |
| Kate |
Power |
An Sceach Gheal |
|
Floral |
| Pauline |
Scott |
Summer Blooms 2020 |
|
Floral |
| Cróna |
Gallagher |
‘Juno’ |
|
Floral |
| yvonne |
moran |
Iris |
|
Floral |
| Kate |
Power |
Bellis Perennis, Daisy, Nóinín |
|
Floral |
| Yvonne |
Molony O Caoimh |
Iris |
|
Floral |
| Maureen |
Phelan |
Danse du Feu |
|
Floral |
A.O.I.F.A. Floral Art Winners
| Name |
Class Name |
Award |
Club |
| Class 1 |
|
|
|
| Marian Bentley |
This Radiant Season |
Gold |
Naul Gardening & Flower Club |
| Megumi Doody |
This Radiant Season |
Silver Gilt |
Sutton Floral Art |
| Caroline Stewart |
This Radiant Season |
Silver |
Co Wexford Flower & Garden Club |
| Sylvia Smith |
This Radiant Season |
Silver |
Trim Floral Art Club |
| Judith Clarke |
This Radiant Season |
Bronze |
South Dublin Flower Club |
| Frances Coyne |
This Radiant Season |
Bronze |
Frances Flowers |
| Class 2 |
|
|
|
| Kathleen Barrett |
Phenomenal Forms |
Silver |
Limerick Flower & Garden Club |
| Maura Quirke |
Phenomenal Forms |
|
Naul Gardening & Flower Club |
| Helen Mullany |
Phenomenal Forms |
|
Cork Flower Club |
| Christopher White |
Phenomenal Forms |
Bronze |
Naul Gardening & Flower Club |
| Marion McGee |
Phenomenal Forms |
|
Monaghan Flower & Gardening Club |
| Avril Maher |
Phenomenal Forms |
|
Naas Flower Club |
| Maeve Duke |
Phenomenal Forms |
|
Doddervale Flower Club |
| Dolores Hand |
Phenomenal Forms |
Silver |
Naul Gardening & Flower Club |
| Brenda Joyce |
Phenomenal Forms |
Bronze |
Doddervale Flower Club |
| Elizabeth Kenny |
Phenomenal Forms |
Silver Gilt |
Co Wexford Flower & Garden Club |
| Monica Ionescu |
Phenomenal Forms |
Bronze |
|
| Harumi Langford |
Phenomenal Forms |
Silver Gilt |
South Dublin Flower Club |
| Maureen Fagan |
Phenomenal Forms |
Gold – Best in Category Winner |
Maynooth Flower & Garden Club |
| Ann Marie Wright |
Phenomenal Forms |
|
Co Sligo Flower & Garden Club |
| Class 3 |
|
|
|
| Margaret Quinn |
Another World |
Bronze |
North Dublin Flower Club |
| Karen Robinson |
Another World |
Gold |
Co Wexford Flower & Garden Club |
| Eileen Fair |
Another World |
|
Galway Flower & Garden Club |
| Lorraine O’Brien |
Another World |
|
South Dublin Flower Club |
| Therese Kilcullen |
Another World |
|
South Dublin Flower Club |
| Marie Dodrill |
Another World |
Silver |
Sutton Floral Art |
| Kathleen Lynch |
Another World |
|
Co Sligo Flower & Garden Club |
| Paula Hore |
Another World |
Silver |
Co Wexford Flower & Garden Club |
| Christopher White |
Another World |
|
Naul Gardening & Flower Club |
| Ann Hester |
Another World |
Bronze |
Cork Flower Club |
| Candy Holten |
Another World |
Silver Gilt |
Ardee Flower Club |
| Angela Heffron |
Another World |
Bronze |
Cobh Flower & Horticulture Club |
| Monica Ionescu |
Another World |
|
|
| Class 4 |
|
|
|
| Bridget Morley |
Unbridled Joy |
|
Galway Flower & Garden Club |
| Ann Clifford |
Unbridled Joy |
Gold |
Doddervale Flower Club |
| Ann Hester |
Unbridled Joy |
|
Cork Flower Club |
| Marion McGee |
Unbridled Joy |
|
Monaghan Flower & Gardening Club |
| Margaret Quinn |
Unbridled Joy |
Silver |
North Dublin Flower Club |
| Brenda Joyce |
Unbridled Joy |
Bronze |
Doddervale Flower Club |
| Marie O’Leary |
Unbridled Joy |
Silver Gilt |
Castledermot Flower Club |
| Christine Foley |
Unbridled Joy |
Silver Gilt |
Navan Floral Art Group |
