Bloom 2014 opens this morning.
Last year, it attracted over 110 thousand visitors.
This year's festival, which runs in the Phoenix Park over the June Bank Holiday weekend, features 30 show gardens, over 120 Irish food and drink producers, cookery demonstrations, flower displays and almost 200 retailers.
Winning stands will be presented with their medals by President Michael D Higgins this morning.
Bloom Show Manager Gary Graham says last year's record visitor numbers are partly down to the good weather:
