Garden and Food National and Awareness Days

There are a number of food awareness days and garden awareness days so here are a few to check out...Find out when the RHS Flower Shows are here

January
6th	National Shortbread Day Mark the day by treating yourself to some traditional shortbread!
20th	National Cheese Lovers Day Celebrate all things cheese! Why not visit Pong Cheese who have some amazing cheese - there's even one called Stinking Bishop!
26-28	Big Garden Birdwatch - see the results of 2024's event here Spend a joyful hour watching the birds in your garden or local park and report your findings to the RSPB to help with the world's biggest birdwatch and help with nature conservation. Fly off for more information.
February
14th -21st	National Nest Box Week NNBW aims to encourage everyone to put up nest boxes in their local area in order to promote and enhance biodiversity and conservation of our breeding birds and wildlife. Fly off for more information here
15th - 23rd	Read Bread Week The annual, international celebration of Real Bread and people who make it. #RealBreadWeek
22	The Beekeeping Show The show is in Telford. It's a new, independent one-day trade show on the UK beekeeping calendar Find out more here
March
20	World Frog Day What can you do to help frogs and to encourage them into your garden? Froglife has lots of tips to help you!
April
4	National Carrot Day The International Carrot Day or the Carrot Day celebrates the carrot through carrot parties and other carrot related festivities. Find out more Thompson & Morgan have carrot seeds you can buy online to grow your own!
13	International Plant Appreciation Day Whether inside or out, plants have a great way to add cheer to a home and garden, so this is a chance to appreciate the plants around you! Visit the RHS website to boost your knowledge of plants and flowers!
29 April - 5 May	National Gardening Week The week was launched by the RHS is all about sharing your passion for plants. This year, the theme is Knowledge is Flower. Find out more here
May
	No Mow May Plantlife is urging us all to put our lawn mowers away for a month and so help pollinators and wild flowers grow. Find out more At the end of May and in July, you can count how many flowers there are in a square metre of your lawn and send off the results to Plantlife
1st - 8th	Time for a Cuppa Week This event is held to raise awareness and funds for Dementia UK. Find out more
5-11	Hedgehog Awareness Week Please do one thing in your garden to help hedgehogs - create a log pile, make sure there's a hole in your fence for hedgehogs to get through - find out more from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society
7th - 13th	International Compost Awareness Week There are lots of educational activities to get the word out about the many benefits of recycling organics and the importance of returning organic matter – compost – back to our soils. Garden Organic has lots of information about composting.
20nd - 26th	National Sandwich Week Celebrating the British sandwich. Make your own, save yourself money and save packaging. More info
27th - 9th	British Tomato Fortnight The fortnight celebrates the British tomato - and this year, things have a regal theme! Look for British tomatoes when you shop - or why not grow your own? Find out more
25th - 2nd	National Children's Gardening Week The week celebrates the fun that gardens hold for kids - there are lots of ideas for fun garden projects and things to do on the event's website and you can find out more about Greenfingers, too, the children's charity the event supports. More info
June
31 May - 6 June	Garden Wildlife Week UK #GardenWildlifeWeek - more info coming soon
17-23	Rose Awareness Week Celebrate the sheer beauty of the rose and plant some in your garden! Follow #RoseAwarenessWeek.
July
	Veganuary - It's Veganuary BBQ Month! Why not pledge to try going vegan this July? Find out more here
10	Don't Step on a Bee Day Bees are really important to us all, so why not visit the Bee Friendly Trust to find out how you can help them, as well as not stepping on them?
12 July - 4 Aug	Big Butterfly Count The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey to help Butterfly Conservation assess the health of our environment by counting the amount and type of butterfleis and day flying moths we see. Find out more
August
September
	Organic September For a month, and held to raise awareness of all things organic. Every small change makes a difference in supporting a system of farming that works with nature.
2nd - 16th	Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight The fortnight celebrates fantastic Scottish produce
11th	Back British Farming Day The National Farmers Union have put 9 ways to back British Farming together in an article for everyone to get involved. The annual event is now in its ninth year and it's aimed at celebrating British farming. #BackBritishFarmingDay is the hashtag and you'll find them on social media here.
20th Sept - 6th Oct	British Food Fortnight Celebrating British Food
22rd Sept - - 22nd Oct	Seed Gathering Week Since 1998, The Tree Council has been organising Seed Gathering Season, the autumn campaign to inspire everyone to gather seeds, fruits and nuts and grow the trees of the future
October
21	Apple Day Celebrate our most versatile fruit and the beautiful orchards they come from. Visit PTES
November
1st & month	World Vegan Day World Vegan Month celebrates how far the vegan movement has come, to highlight beneficial a vegan lifestyle can be and to encourage the vegan-curious to adopt veganism by sharing advice, recipes and ideas. Plate up for the planet! Find out more
23 Nov - 1 Dec	National Tree Week National Tree Week is the UK's largest tree celebration annually launching the start of the winter tree planting season. Root out more information
December
25th	Christmas Day! Why not send a tree as a gift? You can do this through Tree2mydoor.com - you can even choose the location you want for the tree e.g. balcony, small patio, hallway, large garden etc. Find out more at Tree2mydoor!