We will celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday at The Garden!

Did you know:

• While they didn't observe a "Mother's Day", ancient Greeks and Romans held festivals honoring mother goddesses like Rhea and Cybele. These celebrations often involved rituals and feasts to honor the divine feminine.

• In the Christian tradition, the fourth Sunday of Lent was observed as "Mothering Sunday." This day allowed people to return to their "mother church," the main church of their area, and was a time for family reunions. During this period, children would often give gifts to their mothers.

• The modern celebration of Mother’s Day began in the 19th century with Anna Jarvis, who campaigned for a day to honor mothers in the United States. After her mother’s death in 1905, she organized a memorial for her, advocating for a national holiday to celebrate all mothers. Later in her life, Jarvis called for boycotts of Mother's Day because it had become so commercialized.

• In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation declaring the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 

• More than a hundred countries globally celebrate Mother's Day with on varying dates and with diverse traditions.

• People make more phone calls on Mother's Day than any other day of the year. 

• Mother's Day has a traditional flower: the carnation, with a white carnation representing mother's who have passed, and red ones for living mothers.

• In the United States, people spend over $3 billion on flowers and plants for Mother's Day.

• In the UK, Mother's Day started as "Mothering Sunday", a religious tradition where people went back to their "mother church" and spent time with their families.

Join us Sunday as we celebrate and share in this rich tradition with “Do you want to be the Mother?”