Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Aqua Marine

Sponsored by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Designers: Oliver and Liat Schurmann

The Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Aqua Marine concept garden designed by Oliver and Liat Schurmann aims to raise awareness of Ireland’s marine environment and the need to protect it against the growing threat of marine waste. The underwater marine garden resembles a giant rock pool where seaweeds, sea creatures and other marine habitat live in harmony. This may be one of the first times a garden that’s entirely underwater has been staged at an international garden show.

Aqua Marine sponsored by BIM portrays the magical and natural beauty of this underwater world full of life. However, evidence of pollution, in particular plastic waste, surrounds the garden.

A large fishing net is suspended over the marine garden. It symbolises the actions being led by BIM with fishing communities and the wider seafood sector to protect Ireland’s marine environment.