Garden and Food National and Awareness Days

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There are a number of food awareness days and garden awareness days so here are a few to check out...Find out when the RHS Flower Shows are here

January
6th	National Shortbread Day Mark the day by treating yourself to some traditional shortbread!
20th	National Cheese Lovers Day Celebrate all things cheese! Why not visit Pong Cheese who have some amazing cheese - there's even one called Stinking Bishop!
23-25	Big Garden Birdwatch Spend a joyful hour watching the birds in your garden or local park and report your findings to the RSPB to help with the world's biggest birdwatch and help with nature conservation. Fly off for more information.
February
14th -21st	National Nest Box Week NNBW aims to encourage everyone to put up nest boxes in their local area in order to promote and enhance biodiversity and conservation of our breeding birds and wildlife. Fly off for more information here
21st - 1st	Read Bread Week The annual, international celebration of Real Bread and people who make it. #RealBreadWeek
21	The Beekeeping Show The show is in Telford. It's a new, independent one-day trade show on the UK beekeeping calendar Find out more here
March
20	World Frog Day What can you do to help frogs and to encourage them into your garden? Froglife has lots of tips to help you!
April
4	National Carrot Day The International Carrot Day or the Carrot Day celebrates the carrot through carrot parties and other carrot related festivities. Find out more
13	International Plant Appreciation Day Whether inside or out, plants have a great way to add cheer to a home and garden, so this is a chance to appreciate the plants around you! Visit the RHS website to boost your knowledge of plants and flowers!
28 April - 4 May	National Gardening Week The week was launched by the RHS is all about sharing your passion for plants. This year, the theme is Knowledge is Flower. Find out more here
May
	No Mow May Plantlife is urging us all to put our lawn mowers away for a month and so help pollinators and wild flowers grow. Find out more At the end of May and in July, you can count how many flowers there are in a square metre of your lawn and send off the results to Plantlife
1st - 8th	Time for a Cuppa Week This event is held to raise awareness and funds for Dementia UK. Find out more
4th - 10th	Hedgehog Awareness Week Please do one thing in your garden to help hedgehogs - create a log pile, make sure there's a hole in your fence for hedgehogs to get through - find out more from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society
23rd - 31st	National Children's Gardening Week The week celebrates the fun that gardens hold for kids - there are lots of ideas for fun garden projects and things to do on the event's website and you can find out more about Greenfingers, too, the children's charity the event supports. More info
26th - 1st	Garden Wildlife Week UK #GardenWildlifeWeek - more info coming soon
June
1st- 14th	British Tomato Fortnight The fortnight celebrates the British tomato. Find out more
July
	Veganuary - It's Veganuary BBQ Month! Why not pledge to try going vegan this July? Find out more here
10	Don't Step on a Bee Day Bees are really important to us all, so why not visit the Bee Friendly Trust to find out how you can help them, as well as not stepping on them?
17 July - 9 Aug	Big Butterfly Count The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey to help Butterfly Conservation assess the health of our environment by counting the amount and type of butterfleis and day flying moths we see. The count opens on the 1st July. Find out more
August
September
	Organic September For a month, and held to raise awareness of all things organic. Every small change makes a difference in supporting a system of farming that works with nature.
10th	Back British Farming Day The National Farmers Union have put 9 ways to back British Farming together in an article for everyone to get involved. The annual event is now in its ninth year and it's aimed at celebrating British farming. #BackBritishFarmingDay is the hashtag and you'll find them on social media here.
22rd Sept - - 22nd Oct	Seed Gathering Week Since 1998, The Tree Council has been organising Seed Gathering Season, the autumn campaign to inspire everyone to gather seeds, fruits and nuts and grow the trees of the future
26 Sept - 12 Oct	British Food Fortnight Celebrating British Food
October
21	Apple Day Celebrate our most versatile fruit and the beautiful orchards they come from. Visit PTES
November
	#RememberHedgehogs in November! This is from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to encourage everyone to reduce the risk of harming hedgehogs during the bonfire season. Please spread the word about it! Find out more here.
1st & month	World Vegan Day World Vegan Month celebrates how far the vegan movement has come, to highlight beneficial a vegan lifestyle can be and to encourage the vegan-curious to adopt veganism by sharing advice, recipes and ideas. Plate up for the planet! Find out more
22th - 30th	National Tree Week National Tree Week is the UK's largest tree celebration annually launching the start of the winter tree planting season. Root out more information
December
25th	Christmas Day! Why not send a tree as a gift? You can do this through Tree2mydoor.com - you can even choose the location you want for the tree e.g. balcony, small patio, hallway, large garden etc. Find out more at Tree2mydoor!