World Book Day, March 6th 2025: We're Wild About Books

Mar 05, 2025

World Book Day falls on Thursday 6th March this year and, to celebrate, we've each reviewed our favourite title from Meadowmania's collection of nature and gardening books. Whether you're an experienced gardener or still cultivating your green thumbs, this range of beautiful books is packed with inspiration and practical tips to help you nurture your love for nature. Which one will you pick?

📖 Mischa's Pick

Rachel de Thame’s ‘A Flower Garden for Pollinators’ is not just an important reminder of the duty we all share to protect and re-establish a supportive environment for our local pollinating insects; it is an absolute joy to read! Her writing is vibrant and poetic, such that it feels like she’s introducing me to the flowers personally - not just as plants, but as friends. Offering far more than a basic reference tome, Rachel paints scenes that feel relaxed and transportive; like watching a newly-emerged bumblebee queen squeeze into a crocus flower for shelter on a rainy spring morning. The book flows through the seasons, making it easy to plan a garden that ensures a splendorous buffet for pollinators all year round. This is the kind of book that makes you want to grab a trowel and start planting straight away. Whether you're already passionate about wildflowers or just getting started, this is a must-read.

📖 Julie's Pick

One Garden Against the World by Kate Bradbury is a powerful rallying cry for anyone wanting to make a real difference in the fight for biodiversity. Through her personal journey, Bradbury shows how transforming your garden into a haven for bees, birds, and wildlife can help support nature’s crucial balance. Packed with passion and practical advice, this book urges us to take action—creating bee corridors and vibrant wildlife spaces, one garden at a time. A must-read for those ready to stand up for our planet and its creatures.

📖 Jane's Pick

I love this book! The Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson is a fascinating exploration of the incredible role seeds play in our world. Not just the foundation of the crops we grow, seeds provide us with everyday items like chocolate, coffee, and even cotton. In his engaging and enthusiastic style, Hanson shows us just how astounding seeds are from their surprising uses – most notably as a secret service weapon, and the inspiration for the design of the stealth bomber (thank you, Javan cucumber) – to their remarkable longevity – a 2000-year-old date seed was successfully sprouted in 2005 (the palm tree was called Methuselah). Read this book if you're curious about the hidden power of seeds - it's a real triumph!

📖 Patrick's Pick

Rewild Your Garden is a very useful little guide on how to convert your garden spaces to encourage more wildlife to visit. Written by Francis Tophill from BBC’s Gardeners World, the book contains clear and informative instructions and reasons for rewilding your garden, as well as beautiful illustrations of the various plants and insects.

The early chapters explain the fascinating eco-systems which can be found in your garden and highlight different wildlife and how they can be beneficial to your garden or the environment in general.

The chapter on which native (and non-native) plants to choose, and which to avoid, is extremely useful for anyone who wants to create a healthy balance of plant species for their garden ecosystem.

Throughout the book, there are handy projects suggested to help increase biodiversity. These include how to make a pond, and how to sow a wildflower meadow.

This book is very easy to read and will provide a useful reference to return to time and time again. A beautiful book suitable for rewilders of all ages, young and old.

Happy reading! 📖🌱🌷

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