Bord Bia Bloom 2026 Medal Winners

Best in Category

Large

• ‘Recycled, Reused and Refilled’ Sculptural Garden – James Purdy, Large Garden (Belfast) sponsored by Repak

Medium

• The ‘Future In Mind’ Garden – Joe Eustace, Medium Garden (Newbridge, Kildare), sponsored by Mental Health Commission

Small

• I Can Create That Garden with Q102 – Carleen Osbourne, Small Garden (Darbyshire, England) sponsored by Dublin’s Q102

Concept

• Shared Roots, Common Shade – Oliver & Liat Schurmann, Concept Garden (Dublin Hills, Dublin) sponsored by European Commission

Most Sustainable Garden Award

• Fingal Nurturing Communities Through Nature – Áit Landscape & Urbanism, Large Garden (Fingal, Dublin) sponsored by Fingal County Council

Best Planting

• The ‘Future In Mind’ Garden – Joe Eustace, Medium Garden (Newbridge, Kildare), sponsored by Mental Health Commission

Gold

• The Birdwatchers’ Balcony – Barry Kavanagh, Balcony Garden (Bailieborough, Cavan) In partnership with RTÉ Radio 1’s Mooney Goes Wild
• Rooted in Resilience – David Negus, Medium Garden (Suffolk, England) sponsored by Myeloma Ireland
• Citroën Family Flexible Garden – Joshua Fenton, Medium Garden (Kent, England) sponsored by Citroën Ireland
• The ‘Future In Mind’ Garden – Joe Eustace, Medium Garden (Newbridge, Kildare), sponsored by Mental Health Commission
• Celebrity Dream Garden, inspired by Brendan Courtney – Declan McKenna, Medium Garden (Monaghan) sponsored by Bord Bia
• I Can Create That Garden with Q102 – Carleen Osbourne, Small Garden (Darbyshire, England) sponsored by Dublin’s Q102
• Empowering at Every Step – Robert Moore, Medium Garden (Kilmacanogue, Wicklow) sponsored by Marie Keating Foundation in association with AstraZeneca and Gilead
• Shared Roots, Common Shade – Oliver & Liat Schurmann, Concept Garden (Dublin Hills, Dublin) sponsored by European Commission
• Fingal Nurturing Communities Through Nature – Áit Landscape & Urbanism, Large Garden (Fingal, Dublin) sponsored by Fingal County Council
• Nature in Balance – Linda McKeown, Medium Garden (Belfast) sponsored by Bord Bia and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
• ‘Recycled, Reused and Refilled’ Sculptural Garden – James Purdy, Large Garden (Belfast) sponsored by Repak

Silver-Gilt

• Met Éireann’s 90th Anniversary: Past, Present and Future – Paul Dunne & Padraic Woods, Concept Garden (Kilmeage, Kildare [Paul] & North Dublin [Padraic]) sponsored by Met Éireann
• The Plant Collector’s Balcony – Tom Bradford, Balcony Garden (Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon)

Silver

• Alltar – Jack Donovan, Concept Garden (Nenagh, Tipperary) sponsored by Bord Bia Bloom [Cultivating Talent programme]
• The Master Gardener’s Balcony – Debbie Brophy, Balcony Garden (Newbridge, Kildare) sponsored by Cairn
• Where Trust Takes Root – Scott D. Renwick Medium Garden (South Dublin) sponsored by Marks & Spencer

Bronze

• A Moment for Myself – Kakha Gigauri
  & Michael O’Connor​, Small Garden, (Santry [Kakha] & Dublin 18 [Michael], Dublin) sponsored by Leaf to Leaf Landscapes
• The Minions and Monsters Garden – Benny Magennis, Concept Garden (Monaghan) sponsored by Universal Pictures Ireland

Certificate of Distinction

• A Landscape of Transition – Bagenalstown Community Garden, Bagenalstown, County Carlow
• Bee Community – Tidy Town Killaloe, Co. Clare
• This is Us – Special Hands Activity Group, Kells, County Meath
• Yellow Meadow Kingdom – Celtic Eye Art Group and Karst Farming Network, East Galway and South Roscommon
• From Here We Bloom! – St Mathew’s National School, Sandymount, Dublin 4
• Unlocking Nature – Mountjoy Female Prison, Phibsboro, Dublin 7

Highly-Commended

• The Bat Corridor – Oranmore Tidy Towns, Oranmore, County Galway
• Community Tea – Cornafean GAA Health & Wellbeing Group, Cornafean, County Cavan
• Wish You Were Here  – GAP Ireland’s GLAS community gardens, Dublin

Commended

• The Living Bog – Leaving Certificate Applied Class, St Ciaran’s Community School, Kells, County Meath
• Flower of Life Garden – North West Inner City Training & Development Project CLG, Dublin
• Éalú – The Getaway Garden – St. Joseph’s Adolescent School, Fairview, Dublin 3
• Seanchas and Sandhills – Kids of Tramore Pottery, Tramore, County Waterford
• Ash2020 Garden – Ash2020 Bicentenary CLG, Ashbourne, County Meath

Best in Show

• Nightpark Nursery – Therese Duffey (Colbinstown, Kildare)

Gold

• Hopeless Botanics – Erin Thomas (Dublin 8, Dublin)
• Kilmurry Nursery – Hazel Woods (Gorey, Wexford)
• Nightpark Nursery – Therese Duffey (Colbinstown, Kildare)
• Three Gates Nursery And Florist – Christopher White (Naul, Dublin)
• Irish Plants – Mary Doran (Naas, Kildare)
• Boyne Garden Centre & Nursery – Aileen Muldoon-Byrne (Slane, Meath)
• Plant Store.ie – Patrick Keville (Dublin 8, Dublin)
• Kells Bay – Billy Alexander (Caherciveen, Kerry)
• The Bee’s Knees – Patrick Doran (Donadea, Kildare)
• W.S. Warmenhoven – Mark Warmenhoven (Hillegom, Netherlands)

Silver-Gilt

• Woodview Plants – Heather Curran (Naas, Kildare)
• Easter Island – Alpines Leo Jacques (Waterford)
• Foodtree – Jason Mc Cormack (Dangan, Clare)
• Elmgrove Irish Flower Farm – Darragh McCullough (Gormanstown, Meath)

Silver

• The Flower Farmers of Ireland – Geraldine Scully (Dublin 20, Dublin)
• Greenart Production – Jan Stins (Alkmaar, Holland)

Bronze

• Dundrum Nurseries – Veronica Meagher (Cashel, Tipperary)

Gold / Best in Category

• Shevaun Doherty – Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted Orchid, Royal Canal, Co. Kildare, Best in Category, Botanical Art, Watercolour with bodycolour on vellum (Dublin 16, Dublin)
• Nicola Lynch Morrin – She rests between worlds 2026, Best in Category, Floral Art, Watercolour (Athy, Kildare)

Silver-Gilt

• Kathrine Geoghegan – Summer solstice, Floral Art, Acrylic with oil glazes on aluminium (Straffan, Kildare)
• Shevaun Doherty – Anacamptis morio, Green-winged Orchid in wild grasses, Botanical Art, Watercolour with bodycolour on vellum (Dublin 16, Dublin)
• Lynn Stringer – In the Undergrowth, Floral Art, Watercolour and pencil (Kilcoole, Wicklow)
• Nayana Sandur – Rosa ‘Weg Der Sinne’, Botanical Art, Watercolour and Colour Pencil (Mungret, Limerick)
• Siobhan Larkin – Hawthorn, Botanical Art, Colorpencil (Wicklow)

Silver

• Olwyn Burke – Corylus avellana, Botanical Art, Watercolour & Graphite (Dublin 9, Dublin)
• Alison Douglas – Digitalis purpurea, Botanical Art, Watercolour (Bray, Wicklow)
• Jasmine Sarvida – Vicia sepium (bush vetch), Botanical Art, Watercolour (Dublin 3, Dublin)
• Fionnuala Broughan – Avena fatua, Wild Oat, Botanical Art, Graphite (Lismore, Waterford)
• Jasmine Sarvida – Pansies, Floral Art, Watercolour (Dublin 3, Dublin)

Bronze

• Kathrine Geoghegan – Dormant Fen, Floral Art, Acrylic with oil glazes on aluminium (Straffan, Kildare)
• Barbara Cullen – Ashtown Castle,Monarda Beebalm, Botanical Art, Watercolour (Dublin 7, Dublin)
• Hazel Beehan – Brazilian giant-rhubarb (Gunnera manicata), Botanical Art, Ink / Fine Liners (Whitehall, Dublin)
• James McLoughlin – Chrysanthemum, Floral Art, Dry point etching (Castlebellingham, Louth)
• Kasia Buckley – Pelargonium x hortorum, Botanical Art, Watercolour on paper (Swords, Dublin)
• Alison Douglas – Arum maculatum, Botanical Art, Watercolour (Bray, Wicklow)

Delight the Senses

Gold

• Naomi Mulligan – Doddervale Flower Club (Templeogue, Dublin)
  Jacinta Corrigan – Sutton Floral Art (Sutton, Dublin)

Silver-Gilt

• Yvonne Tully – Doddervale Flower Club (Rathfarnham, Dublin)

Silver

• Audrone Vikonyte – Doddervale Flower Club (Knocklyon, Dublin)
• Joanne Morrissey – South Dublin Flower Club (Stillorgan, Dublin)
• Yvette Bloomfield Trim Floral Art (Trim, Meath)

Bronze

• Eimer O’Neill – South Dublin Flower Club (Stillorgan, Dublin)

Elevated View

Gold / Best in Show

• Karen O’Farrell – Sutton Floral Art (Rush, Dublin)

Silver-Gilt

• Geraldine McCarthy – Charleville Flower Club (Charleville, Cork)
• Adrienne Flood – Sutton Floral Art (Balbriggan, Dublin)

Silver

• Kathleen Barrett – Limerick Flower & Garden Club (Limerick)
• Avril Maher – Naas Flower & Garden Club (Athy, Kildare)

Bronze

• Brenda Joyce – Doddervale Flower Club (Rathcoole, Dublin)
• Beatrice Hartog – Dunboyne Flower Club (Warrenstown, Meath)

Rugged Beauty

Gold

• Marion McGee – Monaghan Flower & Garden Club (Monaghan)

Silver-Gilt

• Rani Doris – South Dublin Flower Club (Maynooth, Kildare)

Silver

• Mary Bell Ryan – Drogheda & District Floral Art (Drogheda, Louth)
• Annette McDonagh – Trim Floral Art (Trim, Meath)
• Therese Kilcullen – South Dublin Flower Club (Blackrock, Dublin)

Bronze

• Stephen McDonnell Daly – Naul Gardening and Flower Club (Naul, Dublin)
• Dolores Hand – Naul Gardening and Flower Club (Naul, Dublin)

Fantasia

Gold

• Morlin S O’Brien – South Dublin Flower Club (Blackrock, Dublin)
• Maureen Fagan – Maynooth Flower & Garden Club (Maynooth, Kildare)

Silver-Gilt

• Maura Worthington – Sutton Floral Art (Swords, Dublin)
• Sharon O’Sullivan – Sutton Floral Art (Malahide, Dublin)
• Geraldine Bowdren – Naas Flower & Garden Club (Naas, Kildare)

Silver

• Stephen McDonnell Daly – Naul Gardening and Flower Club (Naul, Dublin)

Bronze

• Megumi Doody – Sutton Floral Art (Malahide, Dublin)

Bewitch

Gold

• Ann Clifford – Doddervale Flower Club (Rathgar, Dublin)
• Rani Doris – South Dublin Flower Club (Maynooth, Kildare)
• Marion Usher – North Dublin Flower Club (Raheny, Dublin)

Silver-Gilt

• Lorraine O’Brien – South Dublin Flower Club (Deansgrange, Dublin)
• Martina McCarra – Cork Flower Club (Cork)

Silver

• Therese Kilcullen – South Dublin Flower Club (Blackrock, Dublin)
• Sharon O’Sullivan – Sutton Floral Art (Malahide, Dublin)

Bronze

• Geraldine McCarthy – Charleville Flower Club (Charleville, Cork)