Bord Bia Bloom 2025 Medal Winners – Winners by County

Show Gardens

Repak Most Sorted Garden, James Purdy, Large show garden – Gold / Best In Category (Large) (Belfast Co. Antrim)

Make-A-Wish Garden of Hope, Linda McKeown, Medium show garden – Silver-Gilt (Belfast Co. Antrim)

Postcard garden

Music in Mind and Place by Seedability – Highly Commended (Belfast Co. Antrim)

AOIFA

Marion McGee, Echoes of the Past – Bronze (Monaghan Flower & Garden Club, Armagh)

Show Gardens

GIY Balcony Garden, Barry Kavanagh, Balcony garden – Bronze (Co. Cavan)
How to Train Your Dragon Garden, Tunde Perry & Barry Kavanagh, Medium garden – Gold (Co. Cavan [Barry])

Botanical and Floral Art

Sue van Coppenhagen, Peony Pink, floral / watercolour – Silver-Gilt (Ladysbridge Cork)

Sue van Coppenhagen, Golden Rose, floral / watercolour –  Gold Best in Category (Ladysbridge, Cork)

Show Gardens

The Pot Gallery Garden, Alan Rudden, Small garden – Gold / Best in Category (Dublin)

The Pink Lady Balcony Garden, Cornelia Raftery, Balcony garden – Silver-Gilt (Dublin)

Postcard Gardens

Edible and Accessible by Service users of Belcamp and Riverside Adult Day Service Centres, with the support of St Michael’s House – Certificate of Distinction (Mount Merrion, Dublin)

The Comfort Garden: A Sanctuary of Care and Connection by Comfort Keepers Homecare Ireland – Commended (Woodford Bus Park, Dublin 17)

Coolmine Inspires by The Coolmine Inspires Team – Commended (Blanchardstown, Dublin 15)

Bloomin’ Diversity Grow and Cook-book by St Kevin’s Community College, Clondalkin – Certificate of Distinction (Fonthill road, Dublin)

The Stephen Moylan Nurture Garden by The Stephen Moylan Foundation – Certificate of Distinction (Glasnevin, Dublin)

The TY Sensory Transcendence by Our Lady of Mercy College, Beaumont – Commended (Dublin City, Dublin)

Mending the Cracks by Dublin Samaritans – Certificate of Distinction (112 Marlborough Street, Dublin)

Nursery

The Flower Farmers of Ireland – Silver (Clonsilla, Dublin)

Three Gates Nursery And Florist – Gold (Naul, Dublin)

Hopeless Botanics – Best in Show / Gold (Dublin 8, Dublin)

Plant Store Ireland – Silver Gilt (The Liberties, Dublin)

AOIFA

Naomi Mulligan, Seasonal Splendour – Silver (Doddervale Flower Club, Rathfarnham, Dublin)

Gilda Doyle, Seasonal Splendour – Gold (Sutton Floral Art, Sutton, Dublin)

Joanne Morrissey, Seasonal Splendour – Silver (South Dublin Flower Club, Stillorgan, Dublin)

Cindy Reynolds, Seasonal Splendour – Bronze (South Dublin Flower Club, Stillorgan, Dublin)

Karen O’Farrell, Shape the Future – Bronze (Sutton Floral Art, Rush, Dublin)

Adrienne Flood, Shape the Future – Silver (Sutton Floral Art, Donabate, Dublin)

Lorraine O’Brien, The Triumph of Light – Silver Gilt (South Dublin Flower Club, Deansgrange, Dublin)

Sharon O’Sullivan, The Triumph of Light – Silver Gilt (Sutton Floral Art, Malahide, Dublin)

Margaret Quinn, Echoes of the Past – Silver (North Dublin Flower Club, Raheny, Dublin)

Megumi Doody, Echoes of the Past – Silver (Sutton Floral Art, Malahide, Dublin)

Liz Kenny, Echoes of the Past – Silver Gilt (Co Wexford Garden & Flower Club, Enniscorthy, Dublin)

Thérése Kilcullen, Echoes of the Past – Gold (South Dublin Flower Club, Blackrock, Dublin)

Lorraine O’Brien, Glowing Gems of Nature – Siver Gilt (South Dublin Flower Club, Deansgrange, Dublin)

Ann Clifford, Glowing Gems of Nature – Silver (Doddervale Flower Club, Rathfarnham, Dublin)

Thérése Kilcullen, Glowing Gems of Nature – Gold (South Dublin Flower Club, Blackrock, Dublin)

Morlin S. O’Brien, Glowing Gems of Nature – Silver Gilt (South Dublin Flower Club, Stillorgan, Dublin)

Botanical and Floral Art

Olwyn Burke, Pterocarya fraxinifolia, Botanical – Silver (Glasnevin, Dublin 9)

Siobhan Larkin Euphorbia, Botanical – Gold / Best in Category (Dublin)

Siobhan Larkin, Hollyhock, Botanical –  Gold (Dublin)

Sylvia Linehan, Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Tree, Botanical –  Bronze (Saggart, Dublin)

Sylvia Linehan, Spring Flowers, Floral – Silver (Saggart, Dublin)

Trish Maher Hogan, Pansy Blue Shades, Floral – Gold (Castleknock, Dublin 15)

Elaine Moore McKay, Fireworks – Wych Elm Flower, Botanical – Silver (Ballinteer, Dublin)

AOIFA

Bridget Morley, Glowing Gems of Nature – Bronze (Galway Flower & Garden Club, Oughterard, Galway)

Nursery

Kells Bay House and Gardens Ltd – Gold (Cahersiveen, Kerry)

Show Gardens

Bee Happy’ Wildlife Garden [Super Garden], Debbie Brophy, Feature garden – Silver (Co. Kildare)

The Support Garden, Joe Eustace, Medium garden – Silver-Gilt (Co. Kildare)

Nursery

Woodview Plants – Silver Gilt (Naas, Co. Kildare)

Irish Plants – Gold (Co. Kildare)

The Bee’s Knees – Gold (Naas, Kildare)

AOIFA

Ursula Robinson, Seasonal Splendour – Silver (Maynooth Flower & Garden Club, Maynooth, Kildare)

Rani Doris, Shape the Future – Bronze (Maynooth Flower & Garden Club, Maynooth, Kildare)

Adrienne Thompson, The Triumph of Light – Bronze (Naas Flower & Garden Club, Kilcullen, Kildare)

Rani Doris, Glowing Gems of Nature – Bronze (Maynooth Flower & Garden Club, Maynooth, Kildare)

Botanical and Floral Art

Nicola Morrin, ‘Love in a mist..’, Floral / Aquatint etching – Bronze (Athy, Kildare)

Shevaun Doherty, Pelvetia canaliculata, Channelled wrack with Red Periwinkle, Botanical / watercolour – Silver-Gilt (Broadford, Co. Kildare)

Shevaun Doherty, In Ellen’s Footsteps- Herbertus hutchinsiae, Juniper prongwort, Botanical / Watercolour on vellum – Gold (Broadford, Co. Kildare)

Katherine Geoghegan, Golden Hour, Floral / Acrylic with oil glazes on aluminium – Silver-Gilt (Straffan, Kildare)

Nicola Morrin, ‘She carried magic secrets…’, Floral / Watercolour – Silver (Athy, Kildare)

Katherine Geoghegan, Borderlands Cloondara, Floral, Acrylic with oil glazes on aluminium – Bronze (Straffan, Kildare)

Postcard garden

Turning Back Time in our Garden, Ballyfoyle Pastoral Group – Commended (Ballyfoyle, Kilkenny)

Show Garden

NOURISH – The Caragh Nurseries Garden, Leonie Cornelius, Medium garden – Gold (Co. Leitrim)

Show Garden

The Rainbow Brick Balcony Garden, Gary Kirwan, Balcony garden – Gold / Best in Category [Concept] (Corbally, Co. Limerick)

Nature Wrapped in Gold, designed by Ailish Drake and Conor Hourigan and sponsored by Kerrygold (Limerick)

AOIFA

Kathleen Barrett, Shape the Future – Gold / Best in Show (Limerick Flower & Garden Club, Athea, Limerick)

Botanical and Floral Art

Nayana Sandur, Prunus domestica ‘Opal’ Botanical / Watercolour – Silver-Gilt (Mungret, Limerick)

AOIFA

Margaret Burke, Seasonal Splendour – Silver Gilt (Drogheda & District Floral Art Group, Drogheda, Louth)

Show Garden

Into the Forest [Cultivating Talent], Sarah Cotterill, Small garden – Silver (Ballina, Co. Mayo)

Nursery

Boyne Garden Centre & Nursery – Gold (Slane, Meath)

Riverlane Nursery – Gold (Trim, Meath)

Elmgrove Flower Farm – Silver Gilt (Gormanston, Meath)

AOIFA

Yvette Bloomfield, Seasonal Splendour – Bronze (Trim Floral Art, Trim)

Botanical and Floral Art

Olga Byrne, Hydrangea, Floral / watercolour – Bronze (Mornington, Co Meath)

Show Garden

The Early Bird Catches The Worm Garden, Benny Magennis, Medium garden – Silver-Gilt (Co. Monaghan)

Show Garden

Citroën Downsizers’ Garden, Louise Checa, Medium garden – Gold / Best Planting (French Native, Now living in Co. Offaly)

Nursery

Shady Plants – Silver Gilt (Clashmore, Waterford)

Botanical and Floral Art

Fionnuala Broughan, Polypodium vulgare, Common Polypody, Botanical / Coloured pencil – Bronze (Lismore, Co. Waterford)

Postcard garden

Athlone GAA Green Clubs Garden, Athlone GAA – Highly Commended (Athlone, Co. Westmeath)

Nursery

Kilmurry Nursery – Gold (Gorey, Wexford)

Hyland’s Nursery – Bronze (Gorey, Wexford)

AOIFA

Christine Rigney, The Triumph of Light – Bronze (Co Wexford Garden & Flower Club, Enniscorthy, Wexford)

Botanical and Floral Art

Kate Kos, Farmleigh Rose, Floral / mixed media – Silver (Gorey, Co. Wexford)

Show Gardens

Manor Farm – 250 Years Taste and Tradition, Tünde Perry, Small garden – Silver (Alpadore, Wicklow)

The Grass Advantage, Robert Moore, Large garden – Silver-Gilt (Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow)

Postcard Gardens

St Mary’s and St Gerard’s National School, Connection –  Highly Commended (Enniskerry, Wicklow)

Botanical and Floral Art

Lynn Stringer, Golden Oats, Stipa gigantea, Botanical / Watercolour – Bronze Botanical (Kilcoole, Wicklow)

Lynn Stringer, In the Stone Wall (Polypodium vulgare, Cymbalaria muralis & Asplenium trichomanes, Botanical / Watercolour & Pencil – Silver-Gilt (Kilcoole, Wicklow)

Patricia Morrrison, Cornus kousa..chinensis..October, Botanical / Watercolour – Bronze (Bray, Wicklow)