Gerard Mullen a graduate of the BSc in Horticulture, took Gold and the Overall Large Garden Category Award for his show garden 'Waterford Harvest Festival – Venture into the Wild'.
His fellow designers went on to give him the Designers Choice Award.
Gerard designed a contemporary modern structure set in a garden inspired by a wild wetland habitat.
The chief judge Andrew Wilson described Gerard’s garden as “an Irish sensation” with “planting that is beautiful, simple and restrained”.
Gerard’s gardens have won several awards with two previous Gold medals at Bloom. Congratulations to all involved.
For more information on the BSc in Horticulture at WIT see www.wit.ie/wd096 (Kildalton) and www.wit.ie/wd097 (National Botanic Gardens)
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