First-time Bloom designers, Laura Cassin, Louise Jones and Linda Murphy were announced as overall medium garden winners for their Teagasc Garden of Hope in association with Pieta House.
The garden, which aims to evoke serenity and a connection with nature to raise the spirit, will move to a permanent home at one of the Pieta House centres after Bloom.
Wow Team Teagasc have only gone and won GOLD at @bloominthepark #Bloom2017. Drop in and see our #gardenofhope inspired by @PietaHouse pic.twitter.com/MCdAF27XPP
ADVERTISEMENT— Teagasc (@teagasc) June 1, 2017
Teagasc also won a gold medal in the nursery garden category.
Meanwhile, a silver gilt medal was awarded to the Agri Aware-sponsored Tünde Szentesi, for the garden ‘‘My Land, Your Land – Ireland’’.
Congrats to Tunde and all involved in getting our #Bloom17 garden a Silver Gilt award. We're over the hay shed! @bloominthepark pic.twitter.com/IswJtSnaZR
— Agri Aware (@AgriAware) June 1, 2017
A silver medal was also awarded to Maeve O’Neill for the Bord Bia-sponsored ‘‘The Strawberry Bed Garden’’.
Overall large garden winner
A show garden inspired by the rugged Connemara Coast, designed by Oliver and Liat Schurmann of Mount Venus Nursery in Dublin, was announced as the overall large garden winner at Bloom.
The FBD Insurance Transition garden features a water-landscape with a dramatic tidal effect, capturing the essence of the Irish coast.
The judging panel for Bloom 2017 comprised 14 Irish and international horticultural experts, who awarded more than 100 awards to show garden designers, amateur postcard garden designers; nurseries and floral artists including 28 gold, 18 silver gilt, 21 silver and 21 bronze medals.
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