The organisation is celebrating 60 years this year and will be celebrating with a range of exciting events, activations, talks, and kitchen demos taking place across the five days. Designed by Hungarian Garden Designer and regular at Bloom, Tünde Perry, the garden is designed as an impactful space forging a deeper connection between Irish consumers and sustainable dairy production as well as promoting the essential nutritional credentials and great taste of Irish dairy. According to the NDC, the heart of this garden is the Farm, showcasing Ireland’s unique landscape and 6000 years of farming and dairy production. It will include a grass meadow, multi-species swards and Irish native trees, shrubs, and hedgerows. Part of this section on the visitor side the mound forms a wedge shape, vertically cut sections will show the different layers of the soil and its importance in Irish food production.
Then there is a farmhouse itself and an open kitchen replicating an old bar with an open cow shed, covered with corrugated sheets. Added features to the farmhouse will include a solar panel on the roof beside the green roof. A kitchen garden with kitchen completes the experience where chefs can forage for in season fruit, vegetables, and herbs. Look out for an abstract sculpture in the garden which is in a certain point forms the shape of a cow!
Cathy Curran, Head of Communications with NDC said: “We are delighted to be at Bord Bia Bloom again this year and to have the opportunity to tell the story of Irish dairy from the ground to the table. There is still a disconnect from grass to glass, and we need to capture these opportunities to tell the dairy production story at a largely urban consumer event. As part of our presence at Bloom, we will also be holding several interesting and engaging panel discussions, talks, kitchen demos and games in the garden across the five days with a few famous faces!”