Undoubtedly the glorious sunshine over the bank holiday weekend helped to attract huge crowds to the 70 acre site in Phoenix Park.
Since the first Bloom event in 2007, the festival has doubled in size.
Speaking on Monday, the last day of the festival, Aidan Cotter, Chief Executive of Bord Bia commented, “It is clear that Bloom has become an important fixture in Ireland’s summer calendar, with visitors enjoying the very best of Ireland’s food and horticulture industry."
As the festival draws to a close, Bord Bia has released some of the event facts and figures from the last five days:
The Irish Country Magazine garden, Serene Sanctuary, designed by Alan Coffey, received a gold medal from the judges this year. This is the second year Irish Country Magazine has entered a show garden into the awards and the second time it has received a gold medal at Bloom.
The Irish Farmers Journal visited Bloom this year and caught up with potato producers Finnegan and Sons, who were launching their added-value potato products.
We also spoke to Barry Kavanagh, designer of the gold medal-winning garden Across Boundaries, which represents how social farming can play a vital role in the therapy of participants in the healthcare system.
Before leaving we also caught up with Fiann Ó'Nualláin, designer of Irish Country Magazine's award-winning garden at Bloom 2015, and designer of this year's 1916 Commemoration Garden.
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Record number of gold medals awarded at Bloom 2016