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  ![Silver Gilt Medal](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) 

 Bord Bia Bloom 

 Silver Gilt Medal 
===================

 9 gardens on GardensDB have earned this award.

  Award-winning gardens

 ![A tranquil small show garden features a blue rowing boat in a water rill, a large blue umbrella, a curved wooden deck, and a variety of plants including birch trees, purple alliums, white viburnum, and ferns.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1e437895-451d-47b2-b140-d546df9c82f9/conversions/Met-Éireanns-90th-Anniversary---1-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/met-eireanns-90th-anniversary-past-present-and-future)  Small Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2026 

 Met Éireann’s 90th Anniversary: Past, Present and Future 

Paul Dunne, Padraic Woods

 ![A lush balcony garden with a colourful patterned pergola roof covers a vertical wall of timber panels, ferns, white orchids, and mossy branches, beside grey hexagonal paving and a black balustrade.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bf0a7cfd-6bb4-4fb1-8603-2bed97433c0a/conversions/the-plant-collectors-balcony---1-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-plant-collectors-balcony)  Balcony Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2026 

 The Plant Collector's Balcony 

Tom Bradford

 ![A contemporary garden features a silver dandelion sculpture, rusty metal arbour, curved concrete planters, white birch trees, with purple and green planting.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/76a89306-5754-414f-b32a-0584e04ada37/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/make-a-wish-garden-of-hope)  Medium Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2025 

 Make-A-Wish Garden of Hope 

Linda McKeown

 ![A tall, narrow wooden structure with vertical cladding features a yellow-framed round window and a protruding wooden beam, surrounded by green trees and shrubs.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/0551fa0e-7516-453e-9ab7-19e6da016ba9/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-early-bird-catches-the-worm-garden)  Concept Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2025 

 The Early Bird Catches the Worm Garden 

Benny Magennis

 ![A large, naturalistic show garden features a tall, open timber structure enclosing a birch tree, surrounded by diverse ornamental grasses, flowering shrubs, and stacked stone walls.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/45dd987e-c2d8-4151-bb2f-d347ffa95fbb/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-grass-advantage)  Large Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2025 

 The Grass Advantage 

Robert Moore

 ![A contemporary garden features a black conical fireplace, two beige lounge chairs on a light patio, under a rusted metal canopy, with wild grasses.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8ef364af-e388-4b59-aaaf-66d5eebe919a/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-support-garden)  Medium Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2025 

 The Support Garden 

Joe Eustace

 ![A large metallic gong within a black arch stands on an aggregate path, beside a curved building clad in timber shingles and surrounded by green shrubs and pink roses.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8c655b2d-731d-42ff-9c44-96a5421539b9/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/childrens-health-foundation-garden-of-music-and-play)  Medium Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2024 

 Children's Health Foundation Garden of Music and Play 

Declan McKenna

 ![A show garden features a timber pergola with climbing plants, a large bed of red strawberry plants, and a small glass dome.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3cc0b218-c02a-4441-890e-61e9fb46f31e/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/love-that-keelings-feeling-garden)  Large Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2024 

 Love that Keelings Feeling Garden 

James Purdy

 ![A vibrant balcony garden displays hexagonal wooden wall planters, a pale timber pergola, and lush pink cosmos and purple petunias against a grey wall.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/f580c544-f9f3-410a-842b-638c9dffad18/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp)

 [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-pink-lady-balcony)  Small Show Garden   ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal 

 Bord Bia Bloom 2025 · 2023 

 The Pink Lady Balcony 

Cornelia Raftery

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