Colin Sheridan: Bloom is the crowning jewel of our capital city 

Amidst plenty of doom and gloom elsewhere, Bloom offers respite in the most positive of ways

Sisters Sinead Robertson, Jeanette O’Rourke, and Deirdre Sullivan from Kays Flower School in Rialto, make their way home after an eventful afternoon at Bloom. Picture: Moya nolan

Ah, Bloom! That annual horticultural hootenanny where the scent of freshly turned soil mingles with the aroma of artisan sausage rolls, and where the only thing more abundant than the flora is the flurry of floppy hats. 

This year, Bord Bia Bloom 2025 blossomed once again in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, transforming 70 acres into a veritable Eden of eco-consciousness, culinary delights, and enough garden gnomes to march on the Aras and stage a coup. The earth laughs in flowers, so said Ralph Waldo Emerson, yesterday, it was in stitches.