The flower calendar
119 days and seasons of the year in which flowers are the point: festivals, parades, shows, bloom seasons, holy days and days for giving. Dates are worked out afresh every day.
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17 to 18 Mar 2027Fallas flower offeringFor two days, Valencians in traditional dress carry carnations to build a cloak for the Virgin.
19 Mar 2027Día de las FloresOn the Friday before Holy Week, Guanajuato's main garden fills with flowers and people give them away.
21 Mar 2027Palm SundayPalms, olive branches, pussy willow and tall bouquets of dried flowers are blessed a week before Easter.
21 to 27 Mar 2027Holy Week carpets of AntiguaFamilies lay carpets of dyed sawdust, flowers and pine needles for Holy Week processions to walk over.
22 Mar 2027HoliThe festival of colours. In Vrindavan it is also played with flower petals, in Phoolon ki Holi.
28 Mar 2027EasterWhite trumpet lilies in American churches, daffodils and tulips across Europe.April 2027
8 Apr 2027Hana MatsuriThe Buddha's birthday in Japan, the Flower Festival, with a small shrine roofed in blossom.
around 14 Apr 2027VishuNew Year in Kerala, when the first thing seen at dawn is a tray of golden konna flowers.
25 Apr 2027TsvetnitsaFlower Day in Bulgaria: Orthodox Palm Sunday, and the name day of everyone named after a flower.May 2027
1 to 31 May 2027Flores de MayoThrough May, Filipino children bring flowers to the Virgin Mary each afternoon.
13 May 2027Lotus Lantern FestivalFor the Buddha's birthday, Korea hangs paper lanterns in the shape of lotus flowers.
16 May 2027PentecostWhitsun, when the peony blooms: its German name is the Pentecost rose.
20 May 2027VesakThe full moon day of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, kept with offerings of flowers.
27 May 2027Corpus Christi flower carpetsTowns from Tenerife to Poland pave their streets with petals for the Corpus Christi procession.
September 2027
Dates marked "around" shift from year to year with the weather or the organisers. Check before you travel.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tihar: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Vasant Panchami: Nitin Das, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vishu: Vishnu Kunnathully, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vesak: ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buddha's Birthday: User: (WT-shared) Manoj nav at wts wikivoyage, Public domain, source
- Palm Sunday: Pietro Lorenzetti, Public domain, source
- Sawdust carpet: Rosalba Muñoz RomeroLia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Corpus Christi flower wreaths: Fennec ., Public domain, source
- Tu Bishvat: כוכבה לוי, CC BY 2.5, source
- Easter: Piero della Francesca, Public domain, source
- Fallas Flower Offering: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holi: Jitenderasingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dia De Las Flores Guanajuato: Ventimiglia, Public domain, source
- Flores De Mayo: Markytour777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shavuot: https://www.flickr.com/people/69061470@N05, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Assumption Herb Blessing: Titian, Public domain, source
- Meskel: DanielGirmaTsige, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pilar Flower Offering: jesus martinez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Durga Puja: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Diwali: Kalli navya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Our Lady Of Guadalupe: Unknown author, Public domain, source