Horticulture remains at the heart of the Dublin festival for Peter Dowdall, particularly the show gardens

Gardeners could be the “canaries in our coal mine” because they already see the effects of climate change, President Michael D Higgins said at the opening of the Bloom festival.

Can a fun outdoor space tempt young people away from their screens? Eve Kelliher reports.

Will 2019 be the year Ireland’s wine drinkers finally start to catch up with our rosé-loving UK and EU counterparts? Largely thanks to the warm summer of 2018 sales of rosé last year showed a significant increase according to retailers I’ve spoken with and most are optimistic for 2019.

Now is the ideal time to look at ideas for garden space – and Bloom is the perfect inspiration writes Peter Dowdall

Brighton owner Tony Bloom’s achievement of taking the club from League One strugglers to Premier League survivors is symbolised by tomorrow’s game against Manchester United at the Amex — but the fixture also underlines just how difficult it is to set long-term goals once you start to feel at home in the top flight.

Tom O’Hanlon is celebrating a significant birthday – his company, O’Hanlon Herbs, is putting 30 candles on the cake this year, and to mark the occasion it’s bringing a range of exotic herbs to market.

Rose Martin looks at the new Ovo range of furniture and Ikea’s wild venture into Saville Row tailoring

The Sustainable Seafood Garden hooked the top prize at Bloom yesterday.

Ireland’s wildest visitor attraction has landed a blooming fantastic new addition to its suite of educational resources.

Valerie O’Connor marvels at the sculptures and macabre placements that make up Des Kingston’s winning design for the RTÉ series at Bloom.

It’s the flagship show for garden design and gardening in Ireland and as it’s run by Bord Bia it has found a suitable bedfellow in the food industry.

Kerry furniture designer Tricia Harris stretched the idea of a ‘room outside’ to an entire house at this year’s Bloom festival that opens today.

Ray Ryan anticipates big interest in small gardens when the Bloom festival puts creative horticulture in the spotlight from this Thursday

Fiann Ó Nualláin looks at the benefits of open-air fires and how ash from untreated wood and clippings can be a useful replacement for fertiliser when it comes to encouraging growth in your garden.

BAGS of lettuce — bags of flavour, bags of crispness. At least that’s what we should find when we pay anything from 89c to €3.99. 

Some people feared that Bord Bia had taken on too daunting a challenge when it decided to organise a world-class garden show in Dublin.

Gary Graham had a dream. The reality is bigger than anyone could have imagined, writes Fiann Ó Núalláin.

As an alternative to traditional bunnies and eggs, Wexford company Bean & Goose is tempting consumers to try a dark chocolate hare or a chocolate goose egg this Easter.

The Irish have two hot shots at glory on Main Avenue for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, writes Peter Dowdall.         

People who took part in Labour Party videos highlighting ‘improvements’ in their lives under this Government, were given payments by the junior coalition partner.

Tens of thousands of garden enthusiasts will be heading to the Mallow Home and Garden Show next weekend, from June 5 to 7, at Cork Racecourse, Mallow. 

THE Celtic Tiger has a lot to answer for.

The spectacular success of Bloom 2014, the five-day gardening and food showpiece which ended last night at Dublin’s Phoenix Park, is reflected in the statistics released by organisers Bord Bia.

The maker of a farmhouse cheese from Galway has been named the Supreme Champion of the only cheese awards to focus on Irish makers.

Lots of hardy annuals at Ireland’s biggest garden festival got a good watering yesterday.

My idea of misery is being in a room with a bank manager.

Summer waited for Ireland’s biggest garden festival to unfurl yesterday.

Forget about the wild life in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. This June bank holiday weekend, it’s all about the wild flowers — among other blossoms — at the annual Bloom Festival.

More people are going green by growing greens, it has emerged.

Ireland’s biggest garden festival is a feast for the senses, President Michael D Higgins declared when he opened Bloom 2012 yesterday.

As Bloom prepares to open next weekend, Kya deLongchamps talks to exhibitor Fiann Nualláin about his unique approach

A GARDEN designed by people who are or were homeless will feature at this year’s Bloom festival in a bid to break down common stereotypes.

THE sky’s the limit, the Earth is the canvas, natural materials are the tools and the imagination is the architect.

SOMEBODY once wrote that gardeners are women who love flowers or men who hate weeds.

THE inspiring designs of vibrant show gardens will highlight the value of the €717 million amenity horticultural industry to the national economy at Bloom 2010 in the Phoenix Park, Dublin over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

AN “Honest 2 Goodness” small garden is one of the most popular exhibits at Bloom, which continued in glorious sunshine at the Phoenix Park in Dublin yesterday.

MORE than 50,000 people flocked to Bloom 2008, the five-day gardening showpiece, which ended at Phoenix Park in Dublin yesterday evening.

THE flowering beauty of Ireland has been fused with inspiring designs to create a summer wonderland of gardening colour and freshness at Bloom, the country’s answer to the Chelsea Flower Show.

RESEARCH published yesterday revealed that 93% of people agree that gardening is good for their health.

POTTERING about in the garden has long been regarded as a health-enhancing activity for people of all ages.

BLOOM, the inaugural four-day gardening showcase, which attracted 50,000 visitors to Phoenix Park in Dublin over the bank holiday weekend, is set to become an annual event.

THREE homegrown companies picked up almost €3 million in free advertising yesterday as the country’s national newspapers rewarded creativity in advertising.