Person: Gary Graham

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home and gardens

RTÉ’s Super Garden judges 'want to feel immersed in nature'

Ellen O'Regan talks to Monica Alvarez, longtime judge in the popular TV show, as the series begins and the budding gardeners dig in for the first episode

home and gardens

Super Garden: Someone give this guru his own show

home and gardens

Ireland's growing love for gardening

home and gardens

Let ideas take root

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Last-gasp try helps Newcaslte overcome star-studded Montpellier

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Eddie Jones begins mind games with Joe Schmidt before Six Nations

Mighty power of mini gardens at Bloom festival

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

Mon, 29 May, 2017

Things were blooming at Chelsea Flower Show for Prince Harry's visit

Peter Dowdall on the work that goes on behind Chelsea Flower Show, organised by designer, Tom Harfleet.

Sat, 22 Apr, 2017

Bloom festival is all abuzz in the blazing Dublin sun

Bloom has been abuzz over the last month preparing to mark its 10th year with the biggest festival yet in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2016

Bord Bia has spectacular success with annual Bloom Festival

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.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

After ten years, garden festival has really reached full Bloom

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

Sat, 28 May, 2016

100,000 expected at Bloom festival

Thousands of families from across the country are making their way to the Phoenix Park in Dublin for Bloom.

Sun, 31 May, 2015

Blooming marvellous day out

There is a huge logistical operation to prepare the Bloom festival for what is a major showcase of Irish food as well as an abundance of horticultural produce, writes Ray Ryan.

Mon, 26 May, 2014

Pádraigín agrees gardening is new rock 'n' roll

A Cork teacher is behind a very popular garden festival, writes Colette Sheridan.

Thu, 04 Jul, 2013

Every blooming thing ready for festival

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.

Thu, 30 May, 2013

In Bloom: Top gardeners flex green fingers ahead of festival

Top garden designers have started getting down and dirty for Ireland’s biggest garden festival.

Wed, 09 May, 2012

Business blooming as gardeners head for Phoenix Park

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

Sat, 05 Jun, 2010

Five-day treat in a 70-acre gardener’s paradise

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

Fri, 04 Jun, 2010

Show gardens at Bloom promise a feast for the senses

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.

Mon, 17 May, 2010

Credit crunch fails to dampen Bloom

BLOOM, the country’s premier gardening and lifestyle event, which opened in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, yesterday, aims to banish the doom and gloom of the economic recession for thousands of green fingered visitors – at least for the Bank Holiday weekend.

Fri, 29 May, 2009