Bloom Festival
| Bloom Festival | |
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Bloom
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| Genre | Horticulture, Food |
| Location(s) |
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Attendance | 90,000–100,000 |
| Website | |
| http://bloominthepark.com/ | |
Bloom Festival
Showcasing the best from Ireland’s horticulture and food industry, Bord Bia’s annual Bloom festival takes place for five days over the June bank holiday weekend, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Bloom continues to blossom and grow each year as Ireland’s largest garden, food and family festival, attracting over 100,000 visitors.
Launched in 2007, by Bord Bia (Irish Food Board), The Bloom festival was primarily developed as a promotional vehicle for amenity horticulture; providing a showcase for garden plants, garden design, construction, horticulture and gardening as a hobby.
Bord Bia is an Irish state agency which promotes the sale of Irish food and horticulture on a national and international scale, acting as a link between Irish producers and their customers worldwide. Bord Bia’s wider remit across food, drink and edible horticulture has enabled the development of a consumer show that engages the public with artisan and Bord Bia Quality Assured food, Origin Green, meeting and learning from Ireland’s top chefs and cooks, tasting indigenous brewing and distilling, learning more about and experiencing Irish fruit, vegetables and potato production. For more information on Bord Bia, please log on to www.bordbia.ie
The show is based on similar successful formats such as the RHS Chelsea Flower Shows and RHS Hampton Court Palace shows, and has gone from strength to strength over the past ten years.
Remarking on the festival’s 10th Birthday celebrations in 2016, Gary Graham, Bord Bia’s Bloom Show Manager says,
“Bord Bia is delighted to celebrate Bloom’s 10th anniversary this year and is proud of how the event has evolved since it began. Bord Bia’s flagship horticulture and food event provides the ultimate platform to showcase Ireland’s incredibly talented garden designers, food producers, chefs and crafts people. We are working hard to ensure that visitors, who want to help us celebrate, are in for a real treat, and can expect to see breath-taking show gardens, sample some of Ireland’s finest food, enjoy wonderful entertainment and witness the passion of some of Ireland’s skilled producers.”
Location
The Office of Public Works’ (OPW) support and provision of 70 acres at the heart of the Phoenix Park has facilitated Bord Bia to develop a diverse show that goes beyond the traditional ‘garden show’ seen nationally and internationally. The importance of the location cannot be over emphasised, taking into account the accessibility, central location and beautiful backdrop that the atmospheric site provides.
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