Ready, Set, Grow! Celebrate Garden Day 2024 This October
This October, House & Garden SA, along with gardening enthusiasts around the country are gathering in our most lush landscapes to celebrate Garden Day!
Garden Day is an annual celebration that honours our gardens and green spaces. It’s a day we acknowledge the joy and breathing space gardens bring to our communities and lives. Gardens in every shape, form, and size have the potential to bring us together, which is why on Sunday 20 October we call on all plant people to put on a flower crown and join the Garden Day with neighbours, friends and family.
Whether you’re a garden-goer, plant-lover or someone that thrives on the restorative vibes of a green space, Garden Day is for you! Gardening shakes us up- and calms us down. It grows patience, encourages us to fully observe, and each time one plants something, it feels like a pronouncement of faith in the future.
Gardens connect us to the natural world and inspire us to care for the ground and the lives that grow from it.
No one says it better than our green-fingered, Garden Day champions who collectively agree that we often see ourselves as separate from nature when in fact we are very much a part of it. They believe, as we do, that our environment is critical to our wellbeing. Individually, they showcase the power of gardens and plants to heal, nourish, inspire and put a spring in our step.
Throughout October, we will be sharing with you, our readers inspiring stories and profiles of those who continue to inspire us through the lens of gardening, nourishing communities through plants, and more. For now, here is how you can get in the spirit of Garden Day 2024:
How Can You Celebrate Garden Day?
- Invite the neighbours for a drink
- Hang out amongst the flowers
- Have tea under a tree
- Pack a picnic for the park
- Do lunch in the veggie garden
- Enjoy a tea party with your close friends
- Make room for more at your table
- Serve cake at your closest community garden
- Braai on the lawn and share platters on the patio
- Party with your house plants
- Make flower crowns with the kids
Ready to follow along for Garden Day 2024? Make sure to keep an eye out on our Gardens section for all things plants, flowers, and lush gardens.