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# bloom-festival - Wednesday 29 May, 2019



# Bloom Festival

# Bloom Festival

'This will shock people': The underwater garden with a warning about plastics in our oceans

May 29th 2019, 7:30 PM 18,986 Views 12 Comments

The garden is on show at Bloom Festival, which runs from 30 May to 3 June.



# Opinion

# Opinion

A garden in the Bloom Festival is a space where people with dementia can reminisce

May 29th 2019, 7:00 AM 15,166 Views 6 Comments

The garden offers a positive and enjoyable experience for people with dementia by rekindling fond memories, writes Kathy Ryan.

# bloom-festival - Saturday 2 June, 2018



# Something For The Weekend

# Something For The Weekend

From the Tall Ships Regatta to Forbidden Fruit: Here's what's happening this bank holiday weekend

Jun 2nd 2018, 8:30 AM 31,551 Views 11 Comments

Here’s a round-up of the events taking place across Ireland over the bank holiday weekend.



# Bloom

# Bloom

Here are our 6 favourite gardens at Bloom

Jun 2nd 2018, 7:00 AM 18,990 Views 1 Comment

From a dementia-friendly garden to an ABBA-inspired installation, there’s a vast array of themes and designs in the gardens this year.

# bloom-festival - Thursday 31 May, 2018



# Bloom

# Bloom

'Once we start singing, the words come back': Nora Owen on caring for her husband with dementia

May 31st 2018, 8:30 AM 27,875 Views 18 Comments

The former minister for justice was speaking at the Moments in Time show garden, which will be on display at the Bloom festival in Dublin’s Phoenix Park this week.

# bloom-festival - Friday 2 June, 2017



# Treasured Memories

# Treasured Memories

This 'Bloom' garden has been specially designed for people with dementia

Jun 2nd 2017, 8:30 PM 24,557 Views 4 Comments

The garden demonstrates the importance of outdoor spaces for people with dementia.

# bloom-festival - Saturday 30 May, 2015



# Bloom

# Bloom

Here are our 5 favourite gardens at Bloom

May 30th 2015, 6:00 PM 27,152 Views 51 Comments

Flowers, vegtables and shoes… it’s our best picks from this year’s festival.

# bloom-festival - Wednesday 27 May, 2015



# Bloom

# Bloom

This garden in Bloom won't have one blade of grass

May 27th 2015, 6:06 AM 19,768 Views 4 Comments

Coined a ‘slum’ garden, the designer hopes it’s going to be unlike any other at the festival.

# bloom-festival - Friday 30 May, 2014



# Clap Along

From The Daily Edge

# Clap Along

Enda Kenny dad-dances to Happy with some teenagers

May 30th 2014, 1:50 PM 27,201 Views 130 Comments

He can dance, he can jive, having the time of his life…

# bloom-festival - Friday 31 May, 2013



# Bloom

# Bloom

Dorothy, nymphs, shrubbery: What you can expect from Bloom 2013

May 31st 2013, 7:30 AM 7,407 Views 10 Comments

Over 80,000 turned out for the festival last year and with fine weather forecast, organisers anticipate a greater turnout this year.

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