Mothering Sunday at Aberglasney Gardens

Date: 14 Mar 2010

Time: 10.30am until 4.00pm (last admission 3pm)

Mothering Sunday

Aberglasney Gardens is the ideal place to bring your Mother to celebrate Mother's Day this year. You can enjoy a stroll through Pigeon House Wood, or perhaps the views from Bishop Rudd's Walk down over the Towy Valley. The wonderful scents in the Ninfarium or the peace of the Pool Garden make it the ideal way to enjoy Mother's Day.

The Gift Shop has a wonderful array of gifts and plants, so why not treat your Mother whilst you are here?

This year makes it even more special as the garden is giving away a luxury bath bombs in an assortment fruity flavours to the first 10 mothers through the gates.

Did you know?
In contrast to Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday is not a celebration of motherhood, but a synonym of Laetare Sunday in the Christian liturgical calendar. During the sixteenth century, people returned to their "mother church" for a service to be held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. This was either a large local church, or more often the nearest Cathedral. Anyone who did this was commonly said to have gone 'a-mothering', although whether this preceded the term Mothering Sunday is unclear. It was often the only time that whole families could gather together, if prevented by conflicting working hours.

The other names attributed to this festival include Simnel Sunday, Refreshment Sunday and Rose Sunday. Simnel Sunday is named after the practice of baking Simnel cakes to celebrate the reuniting of families during the austerity of Lent.

Most historians believe that young apprentices and young women in servitude were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit their families. As a result of secularisation, it is now principally used to celebrate and give thanks for mothers, although it is still recognized in the historical sense by some churches.

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