Bloom wins for Cork gardeners' cow sculptures, milk churns and calming spaces 

A life-sized cow sculpture, milk churns, dry-stone walls, flowers, and calming spaces capture garden lovers' imagination 

Ruby Russell and Sean Russell, National Dairy Council, Sustainable Dairy Farm Garden. Picture: Fennell Photography

Complete with a life-size model of a cow, old-style milk churns, dry-stone walls, and even an outhouse, it's no surprise a Youghal garden designer's recreation of a dairy farm garden in Dublin's Phoenix Park has been drawing the crowds this week. 

Sean Russell’s Sustainable Dairy Farm Garden won gold at Bord Bia Bloom and means he is among five Cork garden exhibitors celebrating this weekend after winning coveted medals at the flower, family and food festival.