Showcase Your Talent at Bord Bia Bloom

Design a Show Garden

Application Deadline: EXTENDED to Wednesday, 10th December 2025

As the centrepiece of Bord Bia Bloom, the Show Gardens bring some of the most innovative garden designers and landscape architects from Ireland and overseas, together with skilled landscapers, growers, and horticulturalists, to create imaginative displays that inspire the festival’s 100,000 visitors and attending media. They are an important platform for industry talent and a cornerstone on which many of Ireland’s top designers have built their businesses.

Applications now open

Bord Bia Bloom is currently accepting applications to design a Show Garden in 2026. Interested designers should apply online via the link below. Please refer to the application form guide and make sure to read the rules and regulations document before submitting your application. Good luck!

Register your interest for future opportunities

If you wish to be added to our mailing list to receive details of future sponsored design opportunities, please contact Bloom’s Show Gardens and Horticulture Content Manager, Kerrie Gardiner, e: kerrie.gardiner@bordbiabloom.com, t: +353 86 1304170.

Cultivating Talent Initiative

Win an opportunity to design your first Bloom Show Garden

Application Deadline: EXTENDED to Wednesday, 10th December 2025

In a bid to support the next generation of garden designers and horticulture professionals, Bord Bia Bloom launched Cultivating Talent in 2022. This exciting initiative, now entering its fourth year at Bloom, provides funding and one-to-one mentoring to an emerging designer, helping them to design and deliver their first Show Garden at the festival.

If you are currently working in the industry or embarking on a career in horticulture and if you have the drive, ambition and commitment to bring a garden to Bord Bia Bloom, then we want to hear from you. The following documents are designed to help guide you through the application process. Applications must be submitted via the link below.

If you have any further queries, please contact Bloom’s Show Gardens and Horticulture Content Manager, Kerrie Gardiner, e: kerrie.gardiner@bordbiabloom.com, t: +353 86 1304170