Flowers for festivals
Flowers tied to a festival, a holiday or a season of celebration.
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Hanami花見
The Japanese tradition of gathering to enjoy cherry blossoms in spring
🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more · Custom, Jan to May
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Floriculture
The science and business of growing flowers and ornamental plants
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Onam
Kerala’s ten-day harvest festival with flower carpets, feasts and boat races
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
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Day of the DeadDía de (los) Muertos
Mexico’s festival of remembrance with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls
🇲🇽 Mexico · Custom, November
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May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May
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May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
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Jack in the Green
A May Day folk figure made of greenery, worn in English spring parades
🇦🇺 Australia · Custom, May
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TếtTết Nguyên Đán
Vietnam's spring new year festival with flowers, family, and lucky customs
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Custom, Jan to Feb
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Flower power
A 1960s protest style using flowers as symbols of peace and resistance
🇺🇸 United States · Custom
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Bollenstreek Flower Parade
A spring flower parade from Noordwijk to Haarlem in the Netherlands
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Parade or display, April
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Nice CarnivalCarnaval de Nice
A vibrant February carnival with floats and flower parades in Nice, France
🇫🇷 France · Parade or display, Feb to Mar
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Philadelphia Flower Show
A major annual flower show held in Philadelphia each spring
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, March
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National Cherry Blossom Festival全米桜祭り
Spring festival in Washington, D.C. celebrating Japanese cherry trees and friendship
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Parade or display, Mar to Apr
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International Cherry Blossom Festival
A ten-day spring festival in Macon, Georgia celebrating blooming cherry trees
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, March
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The Daffodil Festival
Pierce County’s spring parade and daffodil celebration since 1934
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, Mar to Apr
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Papel picado
Mexican folk art banners made by cutting designs into colored tissue paper
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Flower craft
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Kusudama薬玉
A Japanese paper sphere made from folded flowers or units, often hung as decoration
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
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carpet bedding
Giant plant sculptures made from thousands of bedding plants on steel frames
🇨🇦 Canada · Carpet or floor pattern
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Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands
The Dutch tradition of growing bulbs for fields of spring flowers
Carpet or floor pattern, April
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Hinamatsuri雛祭り
A Japanese custom of displaying ornamental dolls for girls’ well-being
🇯🇵 Japan · Offering or rite, March
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Floral design
The art of arranging flowers and plant materials into decorative displays
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Arrangement
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Floristry
The craft and trade of arranging and selling flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 more · Arrangement
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Centrepiece
A decorative display placed at the centre of a table
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Epergne
A multi-branched table centerpiece for serving food or displaying flowers
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Hanging basket
A suspended container for growing and displaying flowering plants
🇺🇸 United States · Arrangement
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Lei Day
Hawaii’s annual festival of leis, flowers and island traditions on May 1
🇺🇸 United States · Custom, May
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Bedding (horticulture)
Seasonal displays of flowering plants in beds, borders, and containers
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Flower carpet
Patterns made on the ground from fresh flowers or petals
🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 more · Carpet or floor pattern, Aug to Dec
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Rushbearing
An English festival of carrying rushes and flowers to church in decorated processions
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Custom, Jul to Aug
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Maypole
A tall decorated pole at the heart of spring and summer festivals in Europe
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Custom
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Castleton Garland Day
A flower-covered procession and maypole dance in Castleton, Derbyshire each May
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Custom, May
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Harvest festival
A yearly celebration marking the end of the harvest with feasts and decorations
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Custom, Jan to Oct
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Christmas decoration
Ornaments, wreaths, and festive displays for the Christmas season
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Arrangement, Jan to Dec
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Christmas tree
A decorated evergreen tree displayed for Christmas in homes and public places
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Arrangement, December
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Flower Carpet of BrusselsTapis de Fleurs
A giant floral tapestry on Brussels’ Grand-Place every two years
🇧🇪 Belgium · Carpet or floor pattern, August
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Bloemencorso
Annual flower parades with decorated floats in the Netherlands and Belgium
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 more · Parade or display
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Zundert Flower Parade
A Dutch parade of giant dahlia-covered floats built by local volunteers
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Parade or display, September
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses
The volunteer group behind Pasadena’s annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game
Parade or display, January
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Jersey Battle of Flowers
A summer flower float parade and carnival in Jersey, Channel Islands
Parade or display, August
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Panagbenga Festival
A month-long flower festival in Baguio, Philippines, each February
🇵🇭 Philippines · Parade or display, Feb to Mar
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Flower parade
A parade of floats, vehicles and people decorated with flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 6 more · Parade or display
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Courtyards Festival of Córdoba
An annual May festival where Córdoba's courtyards bloom with flowers
🇪🇸 Spain · Parade or display, May
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Rose Festival, BulgariaФестивал на розата
Annual celebration of the Bulgarian rose harvest with parades and rituals
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Custom, May to Jun
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Portland Rose Festival
Portland’s annual June festival with parades, roses, and citywide celebrations
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, May to Jun
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International Horticultural Exhibition
A large-scale event celebrating gardens, landscape design, and horticulture
Parade or display
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Canadian Tulip Festival
Ottawa’s annual celebration of tulips and friendship with the Netherlands
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Parade or display, May
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Tulip Time Festival
A ten-day tulip celebration in Holland, Michigan each May
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, May
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Jinhae Gunhangje Festival진해군항제
South Korea’s largest cherry blossom festival in Changwon’s Jinhae District
🇰🇷 South Korea · Parade or display, April
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Floriculture: James Locke, Public domain, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jack in the Green: SiGarb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tết: vi:Lưu Ly, Public domain, source
- Flower power: Mathias Degen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bollenstreek Flower Parade: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nice Carnival: Honeydew, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Philadelphia Flower Show: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- National Cherry Blossom Festival: MBisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- International Cherry Blossom Festival: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Daffodil Festival: Imagesandevents, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Papel picado: Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kusudama: Angie, CC BY 2.0, source
- carpet bedding: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands: Original uploader was GerardM at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hinamatsuri: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floral design: Jmaxx37, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floristry: Joachimj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Centrepiece: Thibault Taillandier, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Epergne: Thomas Heming, CC0, source
- Hanging basket: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lei Day: Janine, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bedding (horticulture): Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Flower carpet: Francisco Conde Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rushbearing: Alexander Wilson, Public domain, source
- Maypole: Uploaded by Mikael Häggström, CC0, source
- Castleton Garland Day: Photographer: SiGarb, Public domain, source
- Harvest festival: High Contrast, CC BY 3.0 de, source
- Christmas decoration: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christmas tree: Lechhansl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flower Carpet of Brussels: Dossid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bloemencorso: Dekraaie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zundert Flower Parade: Stichting Bloemencorso Zundert, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pasadena Tournament of Roses: Ucla90024, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jersey Battle of Flowers: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Panagbenga Festival: lolay, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flower parade: Foto van Hassel BV, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Courtyards Festival of Córdoba: xavier.estruch, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Rose Festival, Bulgaria: Animsaj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Portland Rose Festival: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- International Horticultural Exhibition: Corradox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canadian Tulip Festival: Andrew Scheer, CC0, source
- Tulip Time Festival: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher, Public domain, source
- Jinhae Gunhangje Festival: hyolee2, CC BY-SA 4.0, source