10 exhibitors from Kildare announced for Bord Bia Bloom

Bord Bia Bloom has today (May 6) announced that 10 Kildare exhibitors will be joining this year’s exciting event line-up across gardening, food, and drink. 

With just three weeks to go until the festival of flowers, food and fun returns to its home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, organisers are encouraging visitors to plan their visit and enjoy a great day out this summer.  

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2025 Show Gardens

The festival expects to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site, which will play host to 21 spectacular new Show Gardens, 

From Newbridge, Joe Eustace returns to Bloom and this year will design The Support Garden, sponsored by the Decision Support Centre. The organisation is an essential service for people who face difficulties and need support exercising their decision-making capacity, including, people with an intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, mental health difficulty or dementia.

The Support Garden embodies the deeply personal journey of advance planning, reflecting themes of strength, trust, and care.

Gardening galore!

The Plant Collector from Cellbridge,  Woodview Nurseries,  Irish Plants, and Bee’s Knees Nurseries all from Naas will exhibit breathtaking plants in the Nursery Village. In addition, popular features will return along with some exciting new demonstrations, panel discussions, talks and performances. These include The Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops including floral crown making in the new Botanical Hub, and exhibitions of Botanical and Floral Art and AOIFA’s (Association of Irish Floral Artists) Floral Art Competition.  

The Best of Irish Food 

Visitors to Bloom can meet 100+ of Ireland’s top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, including five Kildare businesses: Rye River Brewing Company from Cellbridge, Killadoon Milk, Cellbridge.Brady Family Ham from  Timahoe , Fused by Fiona Uyema, Naas and Couverture Desserts, from Naas.

Attendees can also enjoy delicious food from plenty of food trucks, the BBQ Bliss area or Bloom’s four on-site restaurants: The Garden View Restaurant, Bistro Bloom, Country Crest Restaurant and The Seafood Terrace. New for this year is ‘A Taste of Bloom, curated by Neven’ a three-course dining experience celebrating quality Irish produce designed exclusively by chef Neven Maguire for Bloom.  

Laura Douglas, Head of Bloom and Brand Partnerships, Bord Bia said: “Bloom is a distinctive festival that combines gardening, culinary excellence, sustainable living, and family fun in picturesque natural settings.

“With so much on offer, we encourage our ticketholders to plan their visit carefully to ensure an unforgettable experience at Bloom this year. To facilitate this, we have added daily stage schedules, an interactive site map, and travel tips on our website.

“We appreciate the support of our partners, sponsors, and events team in realising our vision for this year's festival programme. We look forward to witnessing it come to fruition in a few weeks and welcoming new visitors to Bloom 2025” 

Budding Bloomers 

For younger visitors, there is plenty to enjoy too, with returning planting experiences for children along with a range of fun, educational and interactive workshops at the Budding Bloomers Children’s Area.

Tickets     

Tickets are on sale via the BordBiaBloom.com website. Two children (aged 16 and under) go free with each adult ticket purchased.