Citroën return to Bord Bia Bloom Festival 2025 as the Official Motoring Partner alongside sponsoring a new show garden!
The "Citroën Downsizer's" showgarden highlights how our needs evolve in tune with our lifestyles and life stages. Like the cars we drive, we may need smaller, more accessible gardens that are easier to manage.
BEHIND THE GARDEN
A Garden That Adapts
The design centres around how our needs evolve in tune with our lifestyles and life stages.
As life changes, the garden remains accessible and can evolve as we progress through life. Inspired by and featuring the new Citroën Ami, is designed for downsizers.
CITROËN "DOWNSIZER'S" GARDEN
The design underscores that when it comes to downsizing there is no need for compromise, you can have it all – be that in a car or a garden. It demonstrates how even in a relatively small space, it is possible to enhance comfort, improve wellbeing, encourage mobility and social interactions, and increase sustainability.
This is illustrated through the accessible footpath which links multiple seating areas – from the covered pergola with timber organic bench, to the dining area, outdoor kitchen, and sun-trapping oval patio. Brick green walls and raised planters are vertically accessible and feature lush, easy to maintain planting that provides an everlasting holiday feel to the space.
A biodiverse turf roof provides food and habitat for wildlife and positively contributes to air quality Water misters hidden within the pergola act as a ‘scrubber’ cleaning larger particles of diesel pollutants out of the air. Planting will be zoned by function; planting close to the 'street' chosen for its ability to absorb pollution and clean the air.
Noise pollution
Water features within the garden provide a relief from traffic noise. Waterspouts at differing heights create sound at varying frequencies helping to regularise noise from passing traffic. Plants within the garden are chosen for their sound absorbing qualities.
Surface run-off
Capture and storage of rainfall means less run off into storm drains. As much of the garden as possible is planted, helping to slow the escape of run-off water whilst contributing to the oxygen in the atmosphere. Reclaimed materials are used within the ground surfaces, creating a hard-wearing surface, low in embodied carbon. A rain garden and pond at the lowest points store and clean excess water run-off and provide an attractive feature for people and wildlife.
Rainwater collection and storage
The garden demonstrates capture and storage of rainwater from typical downpipes and rain chains to 2 storage ponds. Water is transported to a rain garden along rills of differing heights.
Community spirit
Encouraging down time, neighbourly and community interaction, the garden includes seats from a 1950’s Citroën ‘2CV’ car which were designed to be light weight, removeable and usable for picnics.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
The Citroën Power of One Show Garden Designer, Nicola Haines
Nicola studied architecture at the Bartlett School in London before completing Horticultural training with the RHS. She is a full and enthusiastic member of the Garden Landscape Design Association (GLDA). 2-time gold medal winner Bloom 2016 & Bloom 2018 as well as Best in category Bloom 2016, Nicola is passionate about design as a way to connect people to nature.
Nicola has a long and happy connection to Citroën having grown up with a Citroën ‘2CV’. She has happy memories of being driven around London by her parents to see the Christmas lights standing on the back seat with her sister, heads through the roof (it was the 80's!)
NEW CITROËN Ë-C3
Embodies our commitment to accessibility with an affordable entry point into electric
Citroën challenges the rulebook for European-designed and built B-segment cars with the reveal of the characterful fourth generation C3. The all-electric ë-C3 delivers best-in-class comfort, an easy electric experience, outstanding level of equipment and incredible value for money while being made in Europe.
We are delighted to preview all-new ë-C3 at this years Bord Bia Bloom Festival. Drop by the Citroën Advanced Comfort Zone or visit our "Downsizer's" show garden to see it up close!
