* MARCH                                            Jonquil  Wishing chill March winds may still

9  - Daylight Savings begins                             To gentle breezes at your windowsill                                        
16 - Palm Sunday
17 - St. Patrick's Day
20 - Spring Begins 
21 - Good Friday 
23 - Easter Sunday 
24 - Easter Monday - Canada                                            

                                                                          

* APRIL                                             Sweet Pea  Soft rain, green fields and robins sing

1   -  April Fools' Day                                             Of all the joy that Spring will bring                                              
20  - Passover                                                        
22 -  Earth Day

23 - Administrative Professional Day / Week  20 -26

* MAY                                               Lily of the Valley Sweet May was made a month for mothers

1  -  May Day                                                                  And twice as sweet as all the others

3   - National Prayer Day                                              
5   - Cinco de Mayo
6   - Nurse's Day / National Week 6 - 12
8   - National Teacher's Day

11 - Mother's Day

17 - Armed Forces Day - US

26 - Memorial Day - US

 

* JUNE                                               Rose       June roses climb in garden bowers
14 - Flag Day                                                       And whisper of bridal bells and flowers
15 - Father's Day                                                 
21 - Summer Begins                                          

* JULY                                              Larkspur    Summer's golden butterfly and bee

1 - Independence Day - Canada                         Above each blossom hover tenderly

4 - Independence Day - US                                        

 

* AUGUST                                        Gladiolus   Long summer evenings melting into night
1 - Colorado Day                                               As one by one the August stars burn bright
4 - Civic Holiday - Canada

* SEPTEMBER                                 Aster         The first faint hint of Autumn cools the air
1  - Labor Day   - US                                           And day by day the trees more colors wear
1  - Labour Day - Canada 
2 - First of Ramadan                                                
7   - Grandparents Day
16 - Indepence Day - Mexico

22 - Fall Begins
30 - Rosh Hashanah Begins

 

* OCTOBER                                                  Crisp apples, crisper afternoons to sample

1 - National Breast Cancer Awareness                As over all, bright Autumn lays her mantle
9 - Yom Kippur
13 - Thanksgiving Day - Canada
16 - Boss's Day
18 - Sweetest Day

31 - Halloween

 

* NOVEMBER
2 - Day of the Dead - Mexico                   Chrysanthemum  The happiest times are those that enable

2 - Daylight Savings End                                                    Friends and family to gather 'round the table 

4 - Election Day  - US                                                        

11 - Veterns Day - US
11 - Rememberance Day - Canada

27 - Thanksgiving Day - US

 

* DECEMBER                                             Pointsettia   Candles seen through frosty windowpanes
2 -  First Day of Advent                                                  The sound of carollers, a child's candy cane

21 - Winter Begins                                                      
22 - Hanukkah - 1st day
24 - Christmas Eve                                                         

25 - Christmas Day
26 - Kwanzaa Begins
26 - Boxing Day - Canada
31 - New Year's Eve