Features - The Green Parent

Mothers Who Make

When actress and theatre-maker Matilda Leyser’s first son was born six years ago, she didn’t feel she fitted easily into any established categories of mother. So, in 2014, she founded grassroots initiative, Mothers Who Make, dedicated to supporting mothers who are artists – working in any discipline and at any stage of their careers

Mindfulness in the Garden

Clea Danaan is a gardener and teacher living in Colorado, USA. Through her books, blogs and teaching, she’s on a gentle mission to encourage more people to fall in love with the earth. We adore her beautiful little book, Mindful Thoughts for Gardeners, which will inspire you to reconnect with nature, help you live consciously through your planting, and to accept unavoidable gardening pitfalls!

Connect with your Baby

Suzanne Yates offers exercises and practices to help ease the birthing process

Using Gardening to Heal

The Horticultural Therapy Trust in Plymouth has, since 2012, worked with children at risk of going into care or with issues at home, adults with mental health issues and physical disabilities and older people in residential homes

Goodness of Ginger

Emily Jonzen uses ginger and turmeric to spice up your life and ensure your immune system is in tiptop condition...

Save Money during your Period

The average woman will use 12,000 to 16,000 disposable pads, panty-liners, and tampons in her lifetime, but there is a more environmentally friendly (and human-friendly) path to follow