Best places to see blossom
From ornamental magnolias in gardens to hawthorn scattered across the countryside, discover the best places to see blossom in our care and beyond.
Join Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his band LYR to celebrate the uplifting sight of spring this Blossom Week, 20–28 April 2024. A series of events and live performances are taking place across England, connecting people to blossom through music, poetry and creativity.
As part of the Blossomise project, the band LYR – comprised of Simon Armitage, singer-songwriter Richard Walters and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Pearson – have produced five new blossom songs inspired by the season. They'll be released as an EP titled Blossomise. Simon has also created a body of blossom-inspired poems and haikus, also titled Blossomise, published in collaboration with Faber. The music and poetry work together to celebrate the power of blossom.
The artists have collaborated with choirs, young film-makers and local communities to create the performances, which are supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery. Discover a Blossomise event taking place near you and experience the spectacle of blossom like never before through poetry readings and live music.
From ornamental magnolias in gardens to hawthorn scattered across the countryside, discover the best places to see blossom in our care and beyond.
Celebrate the blossom season with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his band LYR as they share the creative process and stories behind their poems and songs, in our podcast episode 'Poetry and music in bloom'. You can also find more episodes from series eight, filled with nature and history.
Get into the spirit of the blossom season with a selection of poems from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's new book, Blossomise, alongside illustrations from the book by celebrated artist Angela Harding.
We're working with partners to to give communities more access to nature by planting blossom trees in towns and cities across the UK, so more people can enjoy the beauty and comfort of nature near where they live.
Hedgerows and orchards provide food for insects, homes for wildlife and a spectacle of spring blossom for humans. However, they are disappearing from UK landscapes. Find out more about what we're doing to bring blossoming trees and hedgerows back.
Try our step-by-step blossom origami tutorial in this easy spring-inspired craft. Make flowers in different sizes and colours to decorate your home or give to friends and family.
Blossom is popping up all over the place, but do you know your damson from your blackthorn? Find out how to spot different types of blossom in your local area with our blossom-spotting guide.