Engage with Teagasc Forestry at Bloom 2025
As well as fascinating horticultural exhibits, visitors will be able to explore the many benefits of trees and forests, whether in our gardens or in our wider landscape, at Bloom 2025. Teagasc Forestry Advisor, Liam Kelly tells us more.
The ever-popular Bloom festival is Ireland's largest and most spectacular gardening event, taking place during this June bank holiday weekend, 29 May - 2 June 2025, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Teagasc will be collaborating with Bord Bia and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to present an inspiring, informative and educational feature in the heart of the Food Village.
Paul Butler, Teagasc delivering a talk at Bloom
Teagasc Forestry is delighted to support the excellent work of our colleagues in the Teagasc Horticulture Department who coordinate highly engaging exhibits, providing a delight to the senses, at Bloom each year. Teagasc forestry staff will be present each day and will be delighted to engage on all aspects of trees and their many environmental, social and economic benefits.
Visitors to our stand can partake in our tree & timber recognition challenge, immerse themselves in our Virtual Reality forest and hear of a new, exciting Forest Photo Competition “Trees in our Lives”, just launched in conjunction with DAFM. Join us on Sunday at 3.30pm for "Fascinating Facts about Trees" with Forestry Liaison Officer, Paul Butler. This is part of an exciting programme of talks over the weekend.
Left: Christian Fitzgerald, Teagasc dealing with a forestry query at Bloom; right: an attendee participating in the Forestry competition and discussing with Liam Kelly, Teagasc
Teagasc Forestry will highlight the range of Forest Types available under the current Forestry Programme 2023-2027. Whether it is conifer or broadleaf forests with a commercial focus, native forests for water quality enhancement and other benefits, agroforestry (combining trees and farming on the same piece of land), continuous cover forests, neighbourwoods or naturally occurring ‘emergent forests’, Teagasc Forestry staff will be on hand to explain and discuss the opportunities and strong supports available.
People plant trees and forests for a host of very different reasons and considerations. These may include timber production, biodiversity and landscape enhancement, recreation provision, climate mitigation or leaving a legacy. While trees and forests take time to mature, they gradually deliver more and more such ecosystem services, which can be experienced and enjoyed by the owner, family and community / wider society.
If you have a forestry project in mind, come talk to us at Bloom 2025 about the generous supports available.