Bloom, Teagasc

BLOOM

IT TAKES A DIVERSE RANGE OF PEOPLE TO CREATE BLOOM IN THE PARK WHICH HAD OVER 119,000 VISITORS THIS YEAR.

ABOVE: DOMINIC O'DONOHOE (SANCTUARY SYNTHETICS) LEFT: KEVIN HALPENNY & GEMMA CARR (FINGAL CO CO)

PETER O'BRIEN MIKE KEEP (SHADY PLANTS) GARRETT BUCKLEY (BLOOM TEAM)

PADDY O'NEILL, KIERAN DUNNE, WEIT RENTES, LARRY DORAN MIKE NEARY (BORD BIA)

PAUL MAHER, ANDREW WILSON, KAREN FOLEY (JUDGES) NICOLA HAINES & RUAIRÍ Ó DÚLAING (DLR CO CO) ROSS CAREW (ALCI)

BLOOM BUILD

ABOVE: NURSERY - ORIGIN GREEN BUILDUP RIGHT: NURSERY - KELLS BAY GARDEN

BARRY KAVANAGH BUILDUP (26 MAY 18) OLIVER & LIAT SCHURMANN BUILDUP (LAURA O'MAHONY) NIALL MAXWELL & MARINA ANDREEVA GARDEN BUILDUP (26 MAY 2018) (MARINA PLANTING)

DECLAN BLACKMORE (SUMERHILL LANDSCAPES) & ANDREW DOYLE (MINISTER OF STATE AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD & MARINE) LEFT: RACHEL DOYLE (ARBORETUM) & TÜNDE SZENTESI

LAUNCH OF NEW RESEARCH FACILITIES AT TEAGASC ASHTOWN

PHOTOS: KORALEY NORTHEN

THE HORTICULTURE COMMUNITY WAS OUT IN FORCE TO CELEBRATE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF TEAGASC'S NEW RESEARCH FACILITIES AT ASHTOWN IN MAY. ABOVE: PROFESSOR GERRY BOYLE ON PODIUM LEFT: VAL FARRELL (IHNSA)WITH JIM O'MAHONY & JOHN MULHERN (TEAGASC)

ROSS MCMAHON (NAD) & EAMONN MAGUIRE (GREENTECH SPORTSTURF) PADRAIG TULLY (TULLY NURSERIES); ANDREW DOYLE TD; PROF GERRY BOYLE (TEAGASC); MARTIN TULLY DR NOEL CAWLEY (TEAGASC CHAIRMAN) & GERRY BOYLE (TEAGASC DIRECTOR)

BLOOM 2017 GARDEN - JOHN MULHERN, ANDREW BRESLIN, COLM NEILL, LOUISE JONES, PADDY SMITH MARY REILLY & JULIE CARROLL (TEAGASC)