All around us people are making pots and sowing seeds. It’s Monday afternoon, our fifth day of Project Nasturtium at Bloom, and I starring to feel tired. Then a bell rings out. This signals the start of the sell off from the plant stalls, it’s four o’clock. Within a few minutes our stand is emptyContinue reading “A tolling bell signals that the end is nigh…”
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Inspiring Bloom
Despite the rain, thousands of people enjoyed Bloom today. Instead of keeping people away, if anything it seemed to be even busier. Outside people wandered around the show gardens and in the floral pavilion the plant sellers were doing a brisk trade. On our stand we had our busiest day so far. Pot after potContinue reading “Inspiring Bloom”
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”
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!”
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”
Sun flowers from local market
I bought a few sunflower plants for our BLOOM stand this morning. I was actually on my way to buy some bags of farm yard manure in the local Connacht Gold co-op when the sunny bright faces of the sunflowers caught my eye. They were standing by the side of the road in Ballaghaderreen inContinue reading “Sun flowers from local market”
Ciaran The Gardener 