Garden Digest: Get set for Bloom and other fun events 

Spring has well and truly sprung — check out all the garden festivals, visits, tours, talks, and campaigns

(Left to right) Laura Douglas, Bord Bia Bloom, Brand Partner, Donal Skehan, Dunnes Stores, and Ailish Drake, garden designer, announce the final line-up for Bord Bia Bloom which takes place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, from May 29 to June 2. Picture: Chris Bellew/Fennells

• The festival of flowers, food and fun returns to its home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, from May 29 to June 2. Visitors to Bloom can meet 100+ of Ireland’s top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, enjoy delicious food from plenty of food trucks, the BBQ Bliss area or Bloom’s four on-site restaurants: The Garden View Restaurant, Bistro Bloom, Country Crest Restaurant and The Seafood Terrace. New for this year is ‘A Taste of Bloom, curated by Neven’ a three-course dining experience celebrating quality Irish produce designed exclusively by chef Neven Maguire for Bloom.