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Special Dates

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


13 Sep Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year 5768
Ramadan begins (Muslim)
22 Sep Grandparents Day UK
Yom Kippur (Jewish)
13 Oct Ramadan ends (Muslim)
28 Oct BST ends - UK clocks go back 1 hour
31 Oct Halloween
5 Nov Guy Fawkes Night
9 Nov Diwali / Deepavali - "The Festival of Lights" Symbolising the victory of good over evil. Hindu, Sikh
11 Nov Amistice Day and Remembrance Sunday
30 Nov Saint Andrew's Day - Patron Saint of Scotland
5 Dec Hanukkah begins (Jewish)
12 Dec Hanukkah ends (Jewish)
25 Dec Christmas Day
26 Dec Boxing Day
31 Dec Hogmanay - Scotland
1 Jan 2008 New Year Day
14 Feb 2008 (Thursday) Valentine's Day
1 Mar 2008 Saint David's Day, Patron Saint of Wales
17 Mar 2008 Saint Patrick's Day, Patron Saint of Ireland
2 Mar 2008 Mother's Day - UK.
(Also Grandmother's Day in France) This falls on the following dates in subsequent years :-
  • 22 March 2009
  • 14 March 2010
  • 3 April 2011
  • 25 March 2012
  • 10 March 2013
  • 30 March 2014
  • 15 march 2015
  • 6 March 2016
  • 26 March 2017

For the dates of Mother's Day around the World in 2007 please follow this link.

For the dates of Mother's Day around the World in 2008 please follow this link.

Easter Sunday Easter Sunday falls on the following dates for the next 10 years
  • 23rd March 2008
  • 12th April 2009
  • 4th April 2010
  • 24th April 2011
  • 8th April 2012
  • 31st March 2013
  • 20th April 2014
  • 5th April 2015 - and the end of the UK tax year !
  • 27th March 2016
  • 16th April 2017
23 Apr 2008 St. George's Day - Patron Saint of England