Bord Bia Bloom has announced that three food producers from Galway will be joining this year’s exciting event line-up: Athenry’s Nibbed, Builín Blasta from Spiddal, and the Foods of Athenry. There are just three weeks to go until the festival of flowers, food and fun returns to its home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, from May 29 to June 2.
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 three Galway businesses:
Nibbed from Athenry, which crafts organic, pure cacao products for beverages.
Builín Blasta from Spiddal, a dynamic food manufacturing and hospitality business that crafts an award-winning range of gourmet condiments, including its popular Smoked Onion Mayo.
The Foods of Athenry, which creates and bakes a range of premium, delicious and multi award winning breakfast cereals, crackers, cakes, snack bars.
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.
Gardening galore
The festival expects to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site, which will play host to 21 spectacular new show gardens at the centre of the experience.
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.
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.
