“Can we make a pot please”, two tired young faces looked up at me. A little boy with his younger sister were followed by a tired mum, apologising for her children. It was 6.15 pm, fifteen minutes past closing. We were busy tidying up and sweeping our stand after a hectic day showing people howContinue reading “Two late comers make our day”
Author Archives: Ciaran Burke
Nursery Pavilion
The nursery pavilion has been transormed into a festival of flowers and plants. Specialist nurseries sell their home grown plants, florists exhibit their creations, and education stand ate the to inform. The judges decisions are always controversial to some extent, there will always be people will always be disappointed. I was delighted to see thatContinue reading “Nursery Pavilion”
Best Small Garden
Beauty and the bees- not a fairy tale but an enchanting garden at Bloom. Orange and yellow flowers mingle with green foliage while glass sculptures spill over the floral feast. A metal pavilion is a sanctuary above a lively brook, it’s sides planted with finese. 3Design, Una, Bernie and Marian in association with glass sculptorContinue reading “Best Small Garden”
Ready to Bloom!
We have our stand ready! Posters are up, benches built, compost in and plants potted. We arrived on Bloom this morning after an early start from Co. Mayo. The floral pavilion was full of busy gardeners and florists putting finishing touches to their displays. Everybody had to be finished by 3 pm for judging. AllContinue reading “Ready to Bloom!”
The Ironing is Done
11.15 pm and I have just finished the ironing! The table clothes for the stand needed a once over to get the bad wrinkles out, so that our tables look nice and neat when we finish putting the stand together tomorrow. We have the car packed, nasturtium plants, sunflowers and a couple of others. Tables,Continue reading “The Ironing is Done”
Bloom set up
We drove to Dublin this afternoon and brought a car load of leaflets, newspapers and tables for the stand. We also had time to cover the grass with mypex. There was lots of activity in the floral pavilion, including the Thompson & Morgan people putting together their amazing display of vegetables. Billy Alexander was alsoContinue reading “Bloom set up”
Nastrurtiums from the nursery
Saturday afternoon, typical west of Ireland weather, a soft rain is blown by a westerly wind and grey clouds slide over the sky. We were in Dunleavy’s nursey just off the Loughglin to Ballinlough road in Co. Roscommon. Excitedly we were greeted by their grandchild, a little doll named Kila who informed her grandmother andContinue reading “Nastrurtiums from the nursery”
Ciaran The Gardener 