Popular Clare food business to take part in Bord Bia Bloom festival

Bord Bia Bloom has announced that Lisdoonvarna’s Burren Smokehouse will be joining this year’s exciting line-up of events, taking place from May 29 to June 2. 

With just three weeks to go until the festival of flowers, food and fun returns to its home in Phoenix Park, Dublin, organisers are encouraging the public to plan their visit and enjoy a great day out this summer.  

Visitors can expect to meet over 100 of Ireland’s top food and craft drink producers at the Food Village and Bloom Inn, including the Burren Smokehouse from Lisdoonvarna, who are experts at crafting artisanal smoked Irish salmon. Along with this, they are also a food tourism and gifting company.

Attendees can enjoy delicious bites 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. ‘A Taste of Bloom, curated by Neven’ is new to this year's programme and features a three-course dining experience celebrating quality Irish produce, designed exclusively by chef Neven Maguire for the festival.  

Expected to welcome over 100,000 visitors across its 70-acre site, the five-day extravaganza will play host to 21 spectacular new show gardens, which are at the centre of the experience. 

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Green-fingered visitors can also enjoy the perfectly formed petite Postcard Gardens supported by Tirlán CountryLife, breath-taking plants in the Nursery Village and Plant Emporium, live demonstrations and interactive workshops, including floral crown making in the Botanical Hub, exhibitions of Botanical and Floral Art as well as the Association of Irish Floral Artists' Floral Art Competition.

Laura Douglas, Head of Bloom and Brand Partnerships at Bord Bia said, “Bloom is a distinctive festival that combines gardening, culinary excellence, sustainable living and family fun in picturesque natural settings. With so much on offer, we encourage our ticketholders to plan their visit carefully to ensure an unforgettable experience at Bloom this year.

"To facilitate this, we have added daily stage schedules, an interactive site map, and travel tips on our website. We appreciate the support of our partners, sponsors and events team in realising our vision for this year's festival programme. We look forward to witnessing it come to fruition in a few weeks and welcoming new visitors to Bloom 2025," she concluded. 

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 are on sale via the BordBiaBloom.com website. Two children (aged 16 and under) go free with each adult ticket purchased. 

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