In Bloom: budding gardeners to cut path to ‘spectacular’ gardening show

IT may not inspire any Joycean sayings, but Bloom will be the talk of the country over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Billed as the biggest and most spectacular gardening event ever to be staged in Ireland, it is expected to attract more than 50,000 people to the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

President Mary McAleese is patron of the event, which will give a big boost to the growing amenity horticultural industry, which has annual sales valued at almost €1 billion.