Garden Day is back for a third serial year on Sunday , 9th May 2021 to celebrate the life - enhancing powerfulness of outdoor and indoor garden spaces . The nationwide community benefit campaign is calling on all plant - lover to down tools onGarden Day , make a flower crown , and share their flora outer space with family and friends ( respecting government guidelines , of course ) over an alfresco meal , a cup of tea or a glass or two .

( L to R : Rachel de Thame , Hazel Gardiner , Lisa Snowdon , Arthur Parkinson , Nikki Tibbles )

For millions of people sequester during the pandemic , there has arguably never been a good time to appreciate the joy , comfort , and hope that gardens and greenery bring . And leading the call to celebrate Garden Day this class are five plant fiend from the existence of horticulture , floristry , and telecasting : gardener , writer , and TV broadcaster , Rachel de Thame ; floral architect , Hazel Gardiner ; TV , celebrity florist shop Nikki Tibbles of Wild at Heart , TV presenter and model , Lisa Snowdon ; and gardener , florist , and writer , Arthur Parkinson .

GardenDayCrown CompetitionFor florists and blossom arranger everywhere , the Garden Day symbol of support - the flower crown - provide a rattling chance to showcase your creativity and floristry skills in a play , relaxed , and uplift way . And to spice matter up , Garden Day is inviting florist to show the earth what you ’re made of in a # GardenDayCrown competition on societal medium .

All styles are welcome , from the delicacy of a Midsummer Night ’s Dream to the flamboyance of Beyoncé and Rihanna and every creative stage in between . The five winning entries will receive a year - tenacious rank for 4 to the stunning gardens of The Newt in Somerset and an indulgent Scents of the Garden talent set worth £ 90 .

How to put down : Post a stab of you or your pet wearing your blossom crown on Instagram , Twitter or Facebook by midnight on 22 February 2025 using the hashtags # GardenDayCrown # GardenDayUK and tag @GardenDayUK . For T&Cs sojourn www.gardenday.co.uk/competitions

Gardener , writer , and TV broadcaster , Rachel de Thame said : “ Now more than ever , we ’ve all seen how gardens can make a powerful deviation to our eudaemonia . It does n’t seem to matter whether you ’ve got windowpane box , a suburban plot or a country household - the effect is the same . Garden Day is all about celebrating the joy we get from garden . ”

Sue Stuart - Smith is a psychiatrist , clinical psychologist , and author of the bestselling book ‘ The Well Gardened Mind ’ on the benefits of gardens for our mental well-being . Sue explain why she supports the Garden Day cause :

“ Gardening brings us close to the soil and tie in us with nature ’s powers of rehabilitation in a way that can be both calming and exalt . So it is that in these anxious times when the future feels uncertain that tending plants is provide many hoi polloi with a psychological lifeline . Although the crisis we are be through may be unexampled , there is nothing Modern in this event , for throughout the ages garden have offered people a safe green space in which to restore and recharge themselves . Garden Day invite you to take a pause to do just that . It ’s about making clock time to immerse ourselves in the serenity and stunner of our plants and gardens and observe the restorative power of nature . ”

Ways to get involved

2 . One of the exciting , fun , creative ways masses are getting involved this twelvemonth is by wear out a bloom treetop and sharing a short TikTok or IG reel of them celebrating in their gardens to euphony with the hashtag # GardenYAY .

3 . Visitwww.gardenday.co.ukfor hint and top on how to celebrate Garden Day at habitation ; date and times of case ; and how - to videos .

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