Bord Bia Bloom is returning to the Phoenix Park this June bank holiday weekend with a mix of show gardens, delicious local food, and interactive entertainment for visitors of all ages.
The flower festival is expected to welcome more than 100,000 visitors between June 1 and June 5. The main themes that will be explored are improving air quality, tackling food waste and highlighting how children benefit from outdoor play in the natural world.
Here's what to expect from the 17th edition of this showcase for Irish horticulture, food and drink - and we also have exciting Bloom competition with the chance to win tickets to the event and a €100 Currys voucher.
Read more: Win a pair of tickets to Bord Bia Bloom plus a €100 Currys voucher
Glorious Gardens
At the centrepiece of Bord Bia Bloom, a total of 22 small, medium, and large show gardens and feature gardens will provide a colourful demonstration of the latest trends and innovations in garden design. One of the stand-out themes for 2023 is that many of the gardens focus on spaces for children and young people.
The impact of climate change and making better use of the outdoors also feature as recurring themes in the 2023 show gardens including “A Breathing Space for Fingal” by Fingal County Council. Many of this year’s gardens also feature reclaimed and upcycled materials and will be relocating after the festival as permanent gardens elsewhere.
As well as this, gardening enthusiasts will find plenty of inspiration in the nine small but perfectly formed pop-up gardens that are designed and built by community groups, schools, and training groups from across Ireland. Click here to view the Show Gardens.
Food trucks, entertainment and workshops
This year's festival will introduce number of new and exciting features for 2023 including a redesign of the popular Food Village, the introduction of the Funky Food Fleet which will bring a collection of Ireland’s tastiest food trucks to the festival for the first time, and Grafton Street’s best buskers will join us to entertain the crowds.
There will be live cookery demonstrations with some of Ireland’s leading chefs, live family entertainment, and sustainability workshops.
Tickets
Tickets are on sale from Ticketmaster priced from €25 per person and two children under 16 can attend for free with every adult ticket purchased.
Getting there
Bloom takes place in the Visitor Centre of the Phoenix Park, Dublin which is situated on the main Chesterfield Avenue road running from the Main Gate at Parkgate Street to the Castleknock Gate. Visitors are advised that the Ashtown Gate will be closed for the duration of the Bloom event.
To find out more about the festival, including a comprehensive list of the exhibitions, food experiences, workshops and entertainments, go to Bloom's official website.
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