I love this time of year. Well, to be more accurate, I would love it unreservedly if it weren’t for pollen and allergic asthma. But as it is, if my meds are working it’s a wonderful time of the year because it is the beginning of things growing and life coming out of nothing. It starts with snowdrops and continues on to daffodils and green shoots of leaves on trees and bushes. It’s a wonderful time of year, especially in my part of the year. Because man, does it ever become full of life over the next few months! I love gardening, so some of the books that most evoke this time of year and the hope it brings are books about gardening and nature. So here are some of my favourite gardening books, favourite books about nature (and a few I want to read) and books with spring-y covers!
Gardening Books I’ve Read or Want to Read
The Complete Gardener by Monty Don
Rewild Your Garden by Frances Tophill
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
Books About Nature I’ve Read or Want to Read
Nature’s Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy
The Hummingbird’s Gift by Sy Montgomery
A Book of Bees by Sue Hubbell
Return to Nature by Emma Loewe
Nature Is a Human Right by Ellen Miles
Wilding by Isabella Tree
Kids’ Books with Spring-y Covers
There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart
Sadie and the Silver Shoes by Jane Godwin
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
That’s my week! There are so many more books I could have included this week, there are so many beautifully bright covers with gorgeous flowers, cute baby animals, lush plants and filtered sunlight that brings the promise of summer heat. Though I suffer from horrible allergies, I still love the feel in the air when spring begins!
What about you guys? Which was your favourite pick for this week’s prompt? Did you include any of mine?
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I haven’t seen that cover for The Secret Garden before
I think it might have been a digital edition, I just liked it a lot!
The Secret Garden is wonderful! I should make time to re-read it. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
It definitely holds up – I still love it!
The Secret Garden is on my list too! I love that you included gardening books, I don’t have a green thumb but gardening seems so interesting 🙂
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-springy-covers/
It’s a great spring pick! Thanks – I’m working on greening mine, though it is still a little black around the edges at times! Lol!
these are all great covers, and I love the variety 🙂
Thank you!
A lovely list. I like the way that you set it out. As we were out today I could smell hayfever coming!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-springy-covers-pastel-colours-flowers-baby-animals-sunshine-etc/
Thanks! Oh no, hayfever is the worst! I hate not just being able to frolic amongst the flowers and budding trees, but it’s hard when it feels like they’re trying to kill you! Lol!
I read this as I sit here sneezing from allergies. Lol. Good reminder for me to get up and take my meds! All of these covers are gorgeous and I want to read so many of them now! I love Monty Don. 🙂
Haha! Thanks! We adore Monty – my kid used to listen to his audiobooks and podcast episodes at bedtime, and watching Gardener’s World used to be a favourite (not so much these days for my kiddo, though I still love it!). I hope your allergies improve!
I love the sound of Rewild Your Garden. Yesterday I talked my husband into mowing around the wildflowers in the backyard. I feel like that’s a little positive step forward.
Meanwhile mine went right over the crocuses and snowdrops! Lol!
I hope you enjoy spring as it continues to show itself. And that you enjoy reading these books.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/books-with-pastel-covers-pick-a-color/
Thank you!