Bloom - Bord Bia's gardening and food festival - gets under way on a 70 acre site in the Phoenix Park in Dublin today
Over 100,000 people are expected to attend the event over the next five days.
Bloom has been a fixture of the June Bank Holiday weekend for well over a decade and it returns this morning as a full in-person festival for the first time since 2019. Featuring 19 show gardens, 80 Irish food and drinks producers, retail outlets, cookery demonstrations and plant nurseries, the festival aims to attract more than 100,000 visitors over five days.
This year's show gardens celebrate sustainability and the positive role outdoor spaces have for health. The medal winners of the gardens competitions will be announced head of the official opening by President Higgins at 11.15am.
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