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Special Dates

Here are some of the important (perhaps flower related) events and holidays within the coming months..

Date Event / Holiday

2012 Dates

 

January

 
1 Jan 2012 New Year's Day
23 Jan 2012 Chinese New Year (of the Dragon)
25 Jan 2012 Robert Burns Night

February

 
14 Feb  2012 Valentine's Day (see our range of Valentine's Day Flowers...)
21 Feb 2012 Shrove Tuesday
22 Feb 2012 Ash Wednesday

March

 
1 Mar 2012 Saint David's Day, Patron Saint of Wales
8 Mar 2012 International Women's Day
17 Mar 2012 Saint Patrick's Day, Patron Saint of Ireland
18 Mar 2012 Mother's Day (UK) (see our range of Mother's Day Flowers...)
(Also Grandmother's Day in France) This falls on the following dates in subsequent years :-
  • 10 March 2013
  • 30 March 2014
  • 15 march 2015
  • 6 March 2016
  • 26 March 2017
25 Mar 2012 British Summer Time Begins

April

 
1 Apr 2012 April Fools Day
6 Apr 2012 Good Friday
8 Apr 2012 Easter Sunday (see our range of Easter Flowers...)

Easter Sunday falls on the following dates for the next 7 years
  • 31st March 2013
  • 20th April 2014
  • 5th April 2015 - and the end of the UK tax year !
  • 27th March 2016
  • 16th April 2017
  • 1st April 2018
9 Apr 2012 Easter Monday
21 Apr 2012 Queen Elizabeth's Birthday
23 Apr 2012 St. George's Day - Patron Saint of England
25 Apr 2012 Administrative Professionals Day
(formerly -  Secretaries Day)

May

 
7 May 2012 May Day Bank Holiday
13 May 2012 International Mother's Day (see our range of Mother's Day flowers...) For the dates of Mother's Day around the World please see our International Mother's Day Dates page.

June

 
4 Jun 2012 Spring Bank Holiday
16 Jun 2012 Trooping the Colour
17 Jun 2012 Father's Day

July

 
20 Jul 2012 Ramadan Begins (Muslim)

August

 
18 Aug 2012 Ramadan Ends (Muslim)
23 Aug 2012 Qi Xi (sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day in recent years)

September

 
16-18 Sept 2012 Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
25 - 26 Sept 2012 Yom Kippur (Jewish)

October

 
7 Oct 2012 Grandparents Day UK
28 Oct 2012 British Summertime Ends - clocks go back 1 hour
31 Oct  2012 Halloween

November

 
1 Nov 2012 All Saints Day
5 Nov 2012 Guy Fawkes Night
11 Nov 2012 Armistice Day
11 Nov 2012 Remembrance Sunday
13 - 17 Nov 2012 Diwali / Deepavali - "The Festival of Lights" Symbolising the victory of good over evil. Hindu, Sikh
22 Nov 2012 Thanksgiving USA
23 Nov 2012 Black Friday
26 Nov 2012 Cyber Monday
30 Nov 2012 Saint Andrew's Day - Patron Saint of Scotland

December

 
8 - 16 Dec 2012 Hanukkah (Jewish)
25 Dec 2012 Christmas Day (see our range of Christmas Flowers...)
26 Dec 2012 Boxing Day
31 Dec 2012 Hogmanay - Scotland

2013 Dates

 

January

 
1 Jan 2013 New Year's Day
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