In the US, for example it is a widely celebrated holiday and every year, a bowl with shamrocks has been offered to the president. This year, on March 16, US president Donald Trump received the bowl of shamrocks from the Taoiseach of Ireland, Enda Kenny. Irish immigrants helped build America and should be able to continue to do so, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Irish Mirror.
"There always has been a big connection between the US and Ireland as a huge population in the US are of Irish ancestry. Therefore, St Patrick's day has been heavily celebrated for years over there. In 1961 the Irish prime minister handed JF Kennedy a bowl with shamrocks for the first time. Since then Ireland has been supplying the White House with shamrocks every year, it became a tradition", Living Shamrock's former Sales Manager Peter Martin told FloralDaily last year.
This year, this Irish Shamrock grower again had some busy months in the run up to St Patrick's Day (read this article on FloralDaily). But more growers all over the world were preparing for this day. Below we made a compilation of some growers that posted a picture of their shamrock plants on social media;
US grower Dan Schantz Farm for example posted the following picture of their St Patrick's Day plants on their Facebook page:
Irish grower FitzGerald Nurseries wishes everyone a happy St Patrick's Day through Twitter:
"Happy #StPatricksday our two native plants heralding Spring #Primrose & #shamrock"
US grower Walnut Ridge Nursery posted this picture on their Twitter page:
and British Hoophill Nurseries posted this picture on their Facebook page:
"☘☘ Attending or organising a St Patrick's Day event then be sure to give us a call - available in pots or sprigs ☘☘"
But how were the shamrocks grown and harvested in the 50's? Click here to view the video on rte.ie.