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Most of the year we plant, water, weed and mulch – work. Garden Day, however, is the time to reap the rewards of your labour. No matter how big or small your garden is – whether you have rolling lawns or simple window box displays – Garden Day is all about downing tools and celebrating the fruits of your labour.

Join us in your garden on Sunday 9 May 2021.

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Get Inspired

In the lead-up to Garden Day, get some inspiration by visiting your local garden centre or hop on over to our social media feeds or our toolkit page for all you need to celebrate the day.

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Once your garden's ready, host an intimate Garden Day celebration with family and friends. Remember to post across social media, using #GardenDayUK.

Ways To Celebrate

There are lots of different ways to celebrate your garden. What you do is completely up to you, but here are a few of our favourite ideas…

  • Host an intimate celebration with friends and family. Ask your guests to prepare their tipple of choice, whether it's a refreshing glass of Pimm's or a cuppa tea, so you can toast the day together.
  • Head into your garden for a picnic lunch or barbecue.
  • Enjoy dinner under the stars.
  • Play classic outdoor games like boules, ring toss, skittles, human wheelbarrow race or egg and spoon races… the opportunities are endless.
  • Draw, paint or write poems inspired by your garden.
  • Bad weather? Take the kids on a nature hunt for snails, worms and other rain-loving garden creatures...you'll be amazed at what you can find in your own backyard. Or just stay indoors and have a houseplant party.

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Get connected

  • Whether you are a beginner or expert, Candide is an indispensable tool which helps you identify, buy and care for plants as well as buy tickets to some of our most treasured gardens. Do check out their website candidegardening.com or just download the app. You’ll wonder how you ever gardened without it!

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Get Creative

Download our Supporter’s Toolkit to show your support. You can also follow us on social media for further inspiration.

Get Creative

Download our Supporter’s Toolkit to show your support. You can also follow us on social media for further inspiration.

How Else Can I Get Involved?

  • Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, and like and share our posts.
  • Take part in our social media activities.
  • We would love to see how you spent your Garden Day.
    Tag @GardenDayUK and use #GardenDayUK in your social media posts.
  • Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, and like and share our posts.
  • Take part in our social media activities.
  • We would dig to see how you spent your Garden Day. Tag @GardenDayUK and use #GardenDayUK in your social media posts.

Key Information

Garden Day – Sunday 9 May 2021

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Key Information

Garden Day – Sunday 9 May 2021

Share your images using #GardenDayUK

With all these reasons to celebrate and some beautiful springtime weather, let’s hang up those gloves, enjoy a cup of tea or a glass of bubbly, and reconnect by celebrating Garden Day.

WHAT'S ON

Catch up on the latest events, workshops and virtual activations happening this year.

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GALLERY

We’ve curated some inspiration to help you cultivate your own Garden Day celebration. Have a look, learn, share and grow — we’re just planting the seed.
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF GARDENING

Anyone can benefit from the calming effects of weeding, watering and planting. Gardening reconnects us to nature and awakens our senses. It gives us feelings of peace and wellness and is scientifically proven to have positive effects on our health, both mentally and physically.
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“Gardening brings us close to the soil and connects us with nature's powers of renewal in a way that can be both calming and invigorating. So it is that in these anxious times when the future feels uncertain that tending plants is providing many people with a psychological lifeline.”

Sue Stuart-Smith

Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist and Author of The Well Gardened Mind

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