Showcase Your Talent at Bord Bia Bloom

Design a Show Garden

As the centrepiece of Bord Bia Bloom, the show gardens provide an exceptional showcase for Ireland’s top garden designers. The show garden space at Bloom brings together some of Ireland’s most experienced, creative and hard-working garden designers and horticulturists.

The show gardens are remarkable, not only in their beauty and variety, but also in their ability to communicate important themes and bring attention to issues such as sustainability, biodiversity, conservation, health and wellness.

All applications for general show garden design must be made online. Please refer to the application form guide below and make sure to read the rules and regulations document before submitting your application. Best of luck!

Please contact our Show Gardens and Horticulture Content Manager, Kerrie Gardiner – kerrie.gardiner@bordbiabloom.com / +353 86 1304170

Cultivating Talent Initiative

In a bid to support the next generation of garden designers and horticulture professionals, Bord Bia Bloom launched Cultivating Talent in 2022. This exciting initiative, now entering its third year at Bloom, provides financial support and one-to-one mentoring to an emerging designer, helping them to design and deliver their first show garden at the festival.

If you are currently working in the industry or embarking on a career in horticulture and if you have the drive, ambition and commitment to bring a garden to Bord Bia Bloom, then we want to hear from you.

This document and the supporting material listed are designed to help guide you through the application process. Best of luck!

If you have any further queries, please contact Bord Bia Bloom’s Show Gardens and Horticulture Content Manager, Kerrie Gardiner – kerrie.gardiner@bordbiabloom.com / +353 86 1304170.