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Europe is home to some iconic and symbolic national flowers, like the Belgian Red Poppy and the Dutch Tulip. The historic Shamrock is the chosen flower for Ireland, with the legendary Tudor Rose the national flower of England. It’s no surprise that the iconic Maple Leaf is the national flower of Canada. The Maple Tree is famous for both its distinctive leaves and its sweet syrup made from the tree sap. According to historians, the leaf became a symbol of Canada as early as the 1700s. Moving to more tropical climates, the beautiful Butterfly Jasmine flower represents Cuba, with its...
As we near the day in the calendar set aside for appreciating everything our mums do for us, it got us wondering: when did we start celebrating Mother’s Day? We looked into it and discovered, to our surprise, that the UK and US Mother’s Day traditions have completely different origins - but flowers are a key component of both! Mothering Sunday in the UK Mother’s Day in the UK has its origins in the 16th century custom of ‘Mothering Sunday’, which fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent. That’s three Sundays before Easter, and the tie-in with the church calendar...