Mother’s Day – March 2026

Mother’s Day is the biggest flower buying day of the year in Britain, with flower sales up around
70 per cent.

Brits spend twice as much on Mother’s Day as we do on Father’s Day. Around £55 million is spent on chocolates, with around four million people buying a box for their mum.

Carnations are the flowers typically associated with Mother’s Day. In Japan it is traditional to give
your mother a red carnation.

Anna Jarvis is credited as being the “mother” of modern-day Mother’s Day. When her own mother died, she set about campaigning for a day to honour mothers..