Bord Bia Bloom 2024 Medal Winners – Winners by County

Show Gardens

• Above & Beyond, designed by Gavin Saunders and Stephen Mackle, sponsored by Natural World Products and New Leaf Compost – Small/Balcony: Bronze Medal (Antrim, Belfast)
• Love that Keelings Feeling Garden, designed by James Purdy, sponsored by Keelings – Large: Silver-Gilt Medal (Antrim, Belfast)
• St James’s Hospital (BRAVE) ‘Highlighting Hereditary Cancer’ Garden, designed by Linda McKeown, sponsored by St.James’s Hospital and Exact Sciences & Gilead – Medium: Gold Medal (Antrim, Belfast)

Postcard Garden

• 3:30:300 by Lennoxvale Tree Nursery and Malone Gateway, Belfast: Highly Commended (Belfast, Antrim)

AOIFA Floral Art

• Marion McGee (Class – Strata) of Monaghan Flower and Garden Club: Silver Medal (Tynan, Armagh)

Show Garden

• Sun Harness Garden, designed by Hendrik Lepel, sponsored by Peppermint Farm Glasshouses – Small: Silver Medal (Co. Cork)

AOIFA Floral Art

• Ann Hester (Class – Fireworks) of Cork Flower Club: Bronze Medal (Passage West, Cork)
• Angela Heffron (Class – Rustic Charm) of Cobh Flower and Horticulture Club: Silver Medal (Cobh, Cork)
• Ann Hester (Class – Eastern Promise) of Cork Flower Club: Bronze Medal (Passage West, Cork)

Floral and Botanical Art

• Shasta Daisies by Sue van Coppenhagen: Silver (Ladysbridge, Cork) – Floral –  Coloured Pencil

Postcard Garden

The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio in Nature by St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel: Highly-Commended (Newry, Down)

Show Gardens

• Rewild!, designed by Nóra Tombór, sponsored by Westland Horticulture as part of Bord Bia Bloom’s Cultivating Talent Initiative – Small: Silver-Gilt Medal (Dublin City, originally from Hungary)
• The Mind Yourself Garden, designed by Sarah Buckley, sponsored by Westland Horticulture as part of Bord Bia Bloom’s Cultivating Talent Initiative – Small: Gold Medal (Dublin South)
• Marie Keating Foundation ‘Early Cancer Detection is Key’ Garden, designed by David Gallagher, sponsored by Marie Keating Foundation and AstraZeneca – Medium: Bronze Medal (Dublin City)
• In Perspective, designed by Oliver & Liat Schurmann, sponsored by the European Commission – Concept: Gold Medal / Best in Category | Concept (South County Dublin)
• Coming Home to Nature, designed by Nicola Haines, sponsored by Fingal County Council – Large: Gold Medal / Best in Category | Large (Blackrock, Dublin)

Postcard Gardens

• Pocket Forests Postcard Garden by Pocket Forests: Highly Commended (Dublin/Nationwide)
• The Nurture Room by Sacred Heart Junior School, Tallaght: Highly Commended (Tallaght, Dublin)
• Let’s Talk about the Elephant in the (Garden) Room by Dublin Samaritans: Highly Commended (Dublin)

Plant Nurseries

• Hopeless Botanics: Silver-Gilt (Dublin 8, Dublin)
• Three Gates Garden Centre and Florist: Silver-Gilt (Naul, Dublin)
• Plant Store Ireland: Silver-Gilt (Dublin 8, Dublin)

AOIFA Floral Art

• Judith Clarke (Class – Striking Contrasts) of South Dublin Flower Club: Silver Medal (Ballybrack, Dublin)
• Megumi Doody (Class – Striking Contrasts) of Sutton Floral Art Group: Bronze Medal (Sutton, Dublin)
• Audrone Gedzeviciene (Class – Striking Contrasts) of Doddervale Flower Club: Silver-Gilt Medal (Knocklyon, Dublin)
• Cindy Reynolds (Class – Striking Contrasts) of South Dublin Flower Club: Bronze Medal (Blackrock, Dublin)
• Harumi Langford (Class – Fireworks) of South Dublin Flower Club: Silver Medal (Blackrock, Dublin)
• Sharon O’Sullivan (Class – Fireworks) of Sutton Floral Art Group: Silver-Gilt Medal (Malahide, Dublin)
• Margaret Quinn (Class – Rustic Charm) of North Dublin Flower Club: Bronze Medal (Raheny, Dublin)
• Karen O’Farrell Strata (Class – Strata) of Sutton Floral Art Group: Gold Medal (Rush, Dublin)
• Thérése Kilcullen (Class – Strata) of South Dublin Flower Club: Silver-Gilt Medal (Blackrock, Dublin)
• Marion Usher (Class – Eastern Promise) of North Dublin Flower Club: Gold Medal / Best in Show (Raheny, Dublin)
• Ann Clifford (Class – Eastern Promise) of Doddervale Flower Club: Silver Medal (Dundrum, Dublin)
• Sharon O’Sullivan (Class – Eastern Promise) of Sutton Floral Art Group: Silver-Gilt Medal (Malahide, Dublin)

Floral and Botanical Art

• Hepatica nobilis by Margareta Pertl: Silver (Dublin 9, Dublin) – Botanical – Watercolour
• Swedes Silver by Tricia Hogan (Dublin 15, Dublin) – Floral – Watercolour
• Alnus glutinosa by Olwyn Burke: Bronze (Glasnevin, Dublin 9) – Botanical – Watercolour

Plant Nursery

• Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB): Silver-Gilt (Clonbur, Galway)

AOIFA Floral Art

• Bridget Morley  (Class – Rustic Charm) of Galway Flower and Garden Club: Silver Medal (Oughterard, Galway)
• Bridget Morley  (Class – Eastern Promise) of Galway Flower and Garden Club: Silver Medal (Oughterard, Galway)

Floral and Botanical Art

• Coryllus avellana (Hazel) by Jane Stark: Silver-Gilt  (Moycullen, Galway) – Botanical – Colour Pencil

Plant Nursery

Kells Bay House and Gardens: Gold (Cahersiveen, Kerry)

Show Gardens

• Brigid 1500 Commemorative Garden, designed by Heritage Design Group, supported by Brigid 1500 – Concept: Bronze Medal (Co. Kildare)
• Citroën Floating Lounge Garden, designed by Joe Eustace, sponsored by Citroën Ireland – Medium: Gold Medal / Best in Category | Medium (Co. Kildare)

Postcard Garden

• The Cloak and the Oak by Mr Dunne’s fifth class, St Brigid’s primary school, Kildare town: Certificate of Distinction (Kildare)

Plant Nurseries

• Doran Nurseries/Irishplants.ie: Silver-Gilt (Naas, Kildare)
• Doran Nurseries / The Bee’s Knees: Silver-Gilt (Naas, Kildare)
• Woodview Plants: Silver (Naas, Kildare)

AOIFA Floral Art

• Adrienne Thompson (Class – Fireworks) of Naas Flower and Garden Club: Bronze Medal (Kilcullen, Kildare)
• Maureen Fagan (Class – Rustic Charm) of Maynooth Flower and Garden Club: Silver-Gilt (Maynooth, Kildare)
• Avril Maher (Class – Strata) of Maynooth Flower and Garden Club: Bronze (Athy, Kildare)

Floral and Botanical Art

• ‘The wonders we carry within…’ by Nicola Morrin: Gold / Best in Category – Floral Art (Athy, Kildare) – Floral – Watercolour on paper
• ‘The flow is on’, Rubus fructicosus, Bramble flowers by  Shevaun Doherty: Silver (Broadford, Kildare) – Botanical – Watercolour
• Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson (work in progress) by Shevaun Doherty: Bronze (Broadford, Kildare) – Botanical – Fine Liner (Ink)
• Upon a Pond in the Phoenix Park by Mark Byrne: Bronze (Leixlip, Kildare) – Floral – Watercolour

Postcard Garden

Ballyfoyle Community Garden – Our Sense of Place by Ballyfoyle Community Group, Kilkenny: Certificate of Distinction (Ballyfoyle, Kilkenny)

Show Garden

• Love Letter to Abbeyleix, designed by Patrik Weisser, sponsored by Abbeyleix House and Farm – Small: Bronze Medal (Co. Laois)

Show Garden

Óir – The Zarbee’s Garden, designed by Leonie Cornelius, sponsored by Zarbee’s – Small/Balcony: Gold Medal / Best in Category | Small (Leitrim – “with strong links to Sligo!”)

AOIFA Floral Art

Kathleen Barrett (Class – Strata) of Limerick Flower Club: Silver Medal (Athea, Limerick)

Postcard Garden

Grian Árd by Granard Motte Community Enterprise CLG, Longford: Certificate of Distinction (Granard, Longford)

Plant Nursery

• Boyne Garden Centre & Nursery: Gold / Best in Show (Slane. Meath)
• Riverlane Nursery: Silver-Gilt (Trim, Meath)
• The Flower Farmers of Ireland: Silver (Navan, Meath)

AOIFA Floral Art

Yvette Bloomfield (Class – Striking Contrasts) of Trim Floral Art Group: Bronze (Kildalkey, Meath)

Show Gardens

• Children’s Health Foundation Garden of Music and Play, designed by Declan McKenna, sponsored by Children’s Health Foundation – Medium: Silver-Gilt Medal (Monaghan)
• Universal – Despicable Me 4 Garden, designed by Benny Magennis, sponsored by Universal Pictures Ireland – Concept: Silver Medal (Monaghan)

Show Garden

A Space for Possibilities: The Modular Container Garden, designed by Louise Checa – Small: Silver-Gilt Medal (Offaly – originally from France)

Show Garden

Rathcroghan Ogham Alphabet Garden, designed by Richard Farrell & Team, sponsored by Farming Rathcroghan CLG/Rathcroghan Visitor Centre – Small: Silver Medal (Roscommon)

Postcard Garden

Magic of the Kingdom That Lies Beneath and Above Through the Power of Brigid by Uí Máine Kingdom, Ballinasloe: Commended (Ballinasloe, Roscommon)

Plant Nursery

Little Green Growers: Silver (Strokestown, Roscommon)

Show Garden

Óir – The Zarbee’s Garden, designed by Leonie Cornelius, sponsored by Zarbee’s – Small/Balcony: Gold Medal / Best in Category | Small (Leitrim – with strong links to Sligo)

Plant Nursery

Western Plant Nursery: Silver-Gilt (Drumard, Sligo)

Plant Nursery

Shady Plants: Silver (Clashmore, Waterford)

Postcard Gardens

• Bheaga na gCuimhní Cinn – Little Worlds of Memories by Sheila and Carole in association with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland: Certificate of Distinction (Athlone, Westmeath)
• Forget Me Not by Cluain Lir Community Nursing Unit, Mullingar: Commended (Mullingar, Westmeath)

Nursery Village

• Kilmurry Nursery: Gold (Gorey, Wexford)
• Irish Fuchsia Nursery: Silver (Gorey, Wexford)

AOIFA Floral Art

• Christine Rigley (Class – Striking Contrasts) of Co Wexford Garden and Flower Club: Gold (Enniscorthy, Wexford)
• Jane Symes (Class – Rustic Charm) of Co Wexford Garden and Flower Club: Gold (New Ross, Wexford)

Floral and Botanical Art

• Japanese anemones by Anne McLeod: Silver-Gilt (Wexford) – Floral – Watercolour

Show Gardens

Nourishing Dairy – From the Ground Up, designed by Tünde Perry, sponsored by National Dairy Council – Concept: Silver-Gilt Medal (Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow)

Tusla Fostering Garden- “Together We Grow”, designed by Robert Moore, sponsored by Tusla – Child and Family Agency – Large: Silver Medal (Wicklow)

Postcard Gardens

• Green Booth – A Sustainable Urban Green Space for a Liveable/Thriving Future by Powerscourt Estate, Wicklow: Highly Commended (Wicklow)
• Ode to an Irish Bog by Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Fairgreen Resource Centre Tinahely Gardening Group, Wicklow: Commended (Tinahely, Wicklow)

Floral and Botanical Art

• Taxus baccata, Yew tree by  Niamh Harding-Miller: Silver-Gilt (Enniskerry, Wicklow) – Botanical – watercolour and pencil
• Taxus baccata, Yew branch with seeds by Niamh Harding-Miller: Silver-Gilt (Enniskerry, Wicklow) – Botanical – watercolour
• Aspen Populus tremula by Lynn Stringer: Silver-Gilt (Wicklow) – Botanical – Watercolour
• Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris by Yanny Petters: Silver (Enniskerry, Wicklow) – Botanical – Watercolour
• Wild Oats by Lynn Stringer: Silver (Wicklow) – Floral – Coloured Pencil