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Special Dates

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


13 Sep 2008 Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year 5768
Ramadan begins (Muslim)
22 Sep 2008 Grandparents Day UK
Yom Kippur (Jewish)
13 Oct 2008 Ramadan ends (Muslim)
26 Oct 2008 BST ends - UK clocks go back 1 hour
31 Oct  2008 Halloween
1 Nov 2008 All Saints Day
5 Nov 2008 Guy Fawkes Night
9 Nov 2008 Diwali / Deepavali - "The Festival of Lights" Symbolising the victory of good over evil. Hindu, Sikh
11 Nov 2008 Amistice Day and Remembrance Sunday
30 Nov 2008 Saint Andrew's Day - Patron Saint of Scotland
5 Dec 2008 Hanukkah begins (Jewish)
12 Dec 2008 Hanukkah ends (Jewish)
25 Dec 2008 Christmas Day
26 Dec2008 Boxing Day
31 Dec 2008 Hogmanay - Scotland
1 Jan 2009 New Year Day
25 Jan 2009 Robert Burns Night
26 Jan 2009 Chinese New Year
14 Feb  2009 Valentine's Day
24 Feb 2009 Shrove Tuesday
25 Feb 2009 Ash Wednesday
1 Mar 2009 Saint David's Day, Patron Saint of Wales
17 Mar 2009 Saint Patrick's Day, Patron Saint of Ireland
22 Mar 2009 Mother's Day - UK.
(Also Grandmother's Day in France) This falls on the following dates in subsequent years :-
  • 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.

29 Mar 2009 British Summer Time Begins
1 Apr 2009 April Fools Day
10 Apr 2009 Good Friday
12 Apr 2009 Easter Sunday falls on the following dates for the next 8 years
  • 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
13 Apr 2009 Easter Monday
21 Apr 2009 Queen Elizabeth's Birthday
23 Apr 2009 St. George's Day - Patron Saint of England
Secretaries Day
4 May 2009 May Day Bank Holiday
10 May 2009 International Mother's Day
25 May 2009 Spring Bank Holiday
14 Jun 2009 Trooping the Colour
21 Jun 2009 Father's Day
26 Aug 2009 Qi Xi (sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day in recent years)
31 Aug 2009 Summer Bank Holiday
25 Oct 2009 British Summertime Ends