With so much happening, so many great garden, superb plants and enticing plant stalls, I don’t have time to write about them all straight away. During the week I will get around to uploading all my photos to my photoshelter site. For now though here are gardens, plants and things that I really liked atContinue reading “Bloom 2011 – Other things I thought were cool!”
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THE FINAL DAY AT BLOOM 2011 -TOLLING BELL AND MADNESS BEGINS
4 pm. A bell rings, sounding like a the teacher ringing the end of lunch time, but it is the start of the exhibitors displays sell off in the floral marquee. The thronging crowds are in a frenzy. Plants are being pointed at, pulled at, stand owners prodded. Rare delights are removed and sold, specialContinue reading “THE FINAL DAY AT BLOOM 2011 -TOLLING BELL AND MADNESS BEGINS”
Blooming temptations- Floral Pavilion at Bloom
The last day approaches, Bloom 2011 is nearing the end. We really enjoy doing our stand at the show, not only do we get to meet lots of keen gardeners but we also get to catch up with our friends from the nurseries. There is always a great camaraderie between the participants at Bloom, sharingContinue reading “Blooming temptations- Floral Pavilion at Bloom”
IN THE TRANQUIL CENTRE OF THE WATER’S EDGE- BEST IN SHOW GARDEN BLOOM 2011
Our second day at Bloom. We started by doing what should have been doing at the end of the day. Imagine sitting in a sunken garden under blue skies surrounded by greenery and tranquility, beauty and liquidity. Hanna paddled in cool water, well at least the soles of her feet caused ripples in the shallow flow that ranContinue reading “IN THE TRANQUIL CENTRE OF THE WATER’S EDGE- BEST IN SHOW GARDEN BLOOM 2011”
THURSDAY 2ND JUNE- FIRST DAY AT BLOOM
Our day started early. With a raucous choir of bird song under a low grey sky, I watered the plants in the tunnels at home. We fed the cats, drank some coffee and loaded the last few items into the car. We closed the garden gate in Mayo at 6 am and hit the roadContinue reading “THURSDAY 2ND JUNE- FIRST DAY AT BLOOM”
Autumn Pudding with White Chocolate Sauce
It all started with a trip to a nursery. We went to purchase named female cultivars of our favourite berry plant, sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides. The nursery is Fruit and Nut, part of the Sustainability Institute in Westport, Co. Mayo. We had selected three different cultivars, we already have a female plant and one maleContinue reading “Autumn Pudding with White Chocolate Sauce”
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”
Ciaran The Gardener 