From folklore to feasts, from farming to trail blazing, these beloved titles are the perfect books for Mother’s Day! Gardening books, cookbooks, memoirs and more – there’s a book for every mom on this list.
A garden for life
From an award-winning writer and photographer Rhonda Fleming Hayes is the perfect guide to aid you assess, redesign and adapt your garden space as you age – to make gardening easier, more sustainable and more fun!
IN A garden for lifeRhonda Fleming Hayes brings years of gardening experience, research-based advice, and collective wisdom to senior gardeners looking for inspiration and practical strategies. This delightful, comprehensive guide introduces modern techniques and tools that make gardening less strenuous, and highlights plants that “multi-task” to make a garden more sustainable – for both the gardener and the environment. She also advises on how and when to ask for aid to ease the burden so we can focus on the life-enhancing aspects of spending time in the garden.
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Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones
From the unique collaboration of the co-author Lost words AND Lost Spells and the renowned visual artist presents seven richly illustrated fables of transformation and power, summoned from the old stones beneath our feet and transformed in words and images into portals between the past and the future.
These stories from the stones are neither modern nor senior. They are full of “wild men”, shape-shifting spirits who carry the energy that connects everything. Words are collected in this book Jackie Morris and stained glass paintings from Tamsin Abbottbut the stories come from both, and true collaboration is born out of friendship and hope. These are stories that will make you see, listen and, above all, feel the wild magic that connects stone, tree, fox and star.
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My regenerative kitchen
WITH A FOREWORD BY ALICE WATERS, visionary chef and owner of Chez Panisse
“With My Regenerative Kitchen, Camilla is passionately and confidently leading us towards a brighter, healthier and tastier future for our families and our planet” – Gail Simmons, food expert and TV presenter; author of the book “Bring it Home”.
Over 100 delicious, vigorous recipes using regenerative farming ingredients and sustainable techniques chef and founder of West~bourne
When we respect the Earth, we take care of our own health – the true meaning of regeneration. By finding harmony between our soil and our soul, we can make compact but significant changes to our cooking and lifestyle to support a healthier planet and the next generation.
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Farm Ghosts: Two Women’s Journeys Through Time, Land, and Community
Book of the Year 2025 – Spectator
Nicola Chester, Wainwright Nature Prize-winning author, a rural narrative between two women from two different eras who wanted to become farmers.
“Nicola Chester will be seen as the shepherdess Nan of our times” – Nick Acheson, author of the book The importance of geese
This is the story of Miss White, a woman who lived in the author’s village 80 years ago, a pioneer who realized her ambition to become a farmer during World War II, and how she worked to be accepted in that community. Nicola Chestershe also dreamed of becoming a farmer, but working with horses was the only path open to her. Was it easier for women to become farmers in the 1940s than it is today?
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An unreasonable woman
“A Stunning Achievement” – MOLLY IVINS
In 1989, an EPA study found that Calhoun County on the Texas Gulf Coast was the most polluted place in the United States. Even before the report was published, Diane Wilson knew that the fish were suffering, and so were the people who made money catching them.
Most people were willing to overlook the problem. Wilson wasn’t there. Facing corrupt politicians, corporate lawyers, and vengeful neighbors, she set out to save both her city and her way of life.
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Thirty-two words for the field: the lost words of the Irish landscape
INDI NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“What a cheerful, profound and passionate feast this book is – an epiphany of how words create worlds; a reminder of what is lost when language is lost; an act of rescuing ways of being and seeing that are quickly disappearing” – Robert Macfarlane, author of the book Is the river alive?
In this lyrical exploration of the Irish language’s deep-seated relationship with nature, myth and memory, bestselling Irish author Manchan Magan offers readers a fresh way of seeing the world through words shaped by wind, water, ancestors, and the old rhythms of the earth.
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Herbal Pharmacy
This detailed guide will be useful to clinical herbalists, alternative medicine practitioners and herbal enthusiasts – it provides detailed step-by-step instructions, information and “why” explanations so that readers can confidently go from following recipes to designing and preparing their own herbal medicines.
More and more people are turning to herbal medicines, whether they buy them or prepare them themselves. Herbalists want their clients to have a good experience with these medicines, both to aid them heal and to foster a positive respect for herbs and, in turn, the healing power of nature. This detailed guide teaches readers to respect, care and understand all aspects of preparing herbal medicines to ensure that what they do is secure and effective.
