She taught you to feed yourself, use the potty, helped when you fell down, held your hair back, made multiple packed lunches and completed a zillion school runs. Now it’s your turn to give something back to those brilliant women in your life.

It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday, so here are a few of our favourite suggestion to say a big thank you to HER.

Olive you, mum

What about the gift that keeps on giving? Tree2myDoor is sharing some unique and sustainable gift ideas for every type of mum – from the plant lovers to the gardening novices.

Not only is a plant a symbolic gesture of your love and appreciation but it will be sure to brighten up any home or garden and has added health benefits including reducing stress! Add a touch of the Med to her home with this thriving tree, which can be potted or planted. Sit and wait for your very own olives.

Available: Tree2myDoor Olive Tree Gift – £49.00

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Mouth watering macarons

Hilton Macarons has drawn inspiration from nature with its latest delicious offering of hand made macarons. The limited edition botanical range is the perfect sweet treat balancing florals and fruits. With six new flavours for her to sink her teeth into, including Rhubarb & Orange Blossom, Rose, Raspberry & Lychee, and more, they come wrapped in a gorgeous box.

Hilton Macarons are handcrafted in Suffolk, using the finest ingredients, natural fillings and free range eggs. They’re also vegetarian, gluten-free and alcohol-free.

Available: Hiltonmacarons.co.uk – £13 for 6

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Mum on the move

If she’s always walking or on the move, how about a Thermos food flask? Available in a range of eight lovely shades, it’s a winner for keeping food hot for 14 hours or cold for 24. This cool container in Rock Cap Green holds 710ml and comes complete with a spoon.

Available: Thermos – £27

Curled up and cosy

If mum is all about a movie on the couch, how about the soft Bedsure GentleSoft™ Blanket, available in 16 colours and a variety of sizes? Its comforting design provides warmth and style, all year-round.

Its fluffy and ultra-cosy softness make it perfect for bed or on the sofa, and its classic ribbed pattern makes it complementary to your existing home. Colours resist fading even after multiple washes, which is what we like to hear!

Available: Amazon – from £15.99 

Cake conniseur

Bonkers for bubbles

If she loves bubbles, you can’t go wrong with a bottle of Champagne Tattinger Brut Prestige Rose NV. Prestige Rosé’s aromas are fresh with wild strawberries and a hint of spice.

On the palate this lively, fruity, fresh and elegant wine is balanced and smooth with good length and persistent flavours of crushed wild raspberry, cherry and blackcurrant. Dreamy – and a great match for fruit or cheese. She will love to receive this as a gift!

Available: Sainsbury’s – £49

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Bloomin’ brilliant

If you’re going for a traditional mother’s day, how about a gorgeous gift and card rolled into one? Flowercard features popular blooms cleverly tucked away inside a gratefold card.

Created by a British artist, this is a great option for those on a budget. With a great choice of flowers including pray carnations, gypsophilia, pittosporum and more, there is plenty to take her fancy!

Available: Flowercard – From £29.99

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Sweet smells

If she loves nice aromas around the house, incense sticks are a winner! These beauties from Temple of Incense are so long-lasting and there are lots of great scents to choose from.

We love the Jasmine Blossom which is floral with hints of musk. There are some spicy notes along with a whisper of fruitiness. They come in different sized boxes, up to 10 sticks.

Available: Temple of Incense – from £12

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Kitchen whizz

Greenfingers

Picture perfect

A stunning space within Rochdale Town Hall, which has been closed for almost half a decade, will open its doors once again following an ambitious restoration project.

The council chamber and its adjoining room were shuttered along with the rest of the Grade I listed building back in 2021 to enable the major restoration to take place.

The rest of the building reopened to the public in March 2024 following a council and lottery funded restoration, and work then got under way on the council chamber and the adjoining room, which once served as office space and will now be used as the Mayor’s Parlour.

The council chamber has a fascinating history, having served as Rochdale’s Magistrate’s Court for more than a century following the opening of the town hall in 1871.

In a nod to its legal history, its stained glass windows depict famous legal figures and defenders of civil rights, including John Pym, who spoke against King Charles I and played a major role in the formation of what would become the modern English parliamentary system.

During the restoration, these windows were removed and transported from the town hall to York Minster to be treated by stained glass specialists there.

Ceiling panels depicting coats of arms, hanging fleeces, flora and fauna and other insignia have been cleaned and restored by experts from Lancashire Conservation Studios.

Beautiful frescoes along the walls which had faded away and suffered water damage have been painstakingly repainted by hand by a team of experts, while an old featureless carpet has been replaced by one which depicts cotton plants, in a nod to the borough’s major role in the global cotton trade.

Beautiful mahogany thrones which depict angels, knight’s helmets and lions have been repaired and cleaned using cotton buds and tiny paint brushes and reinstated into the space.

The adjoining room, which once served as a space for magistrates to convene between court hearings and was later office space, has also been transformed and will now serve as the mayor’s parlour.

During the restoration, volunteers discovered that the walls had been covered in a leather material which had pomegranates etched in before it was painted over years ago. The team commissioned a heritage wallpaper company to create a lincrusta wallpaper for the space which featured pomegranates before specialists on site painted it in the original town hall colour palette of red, green and gold.

Council leader Neil Emmott, said: “The town hall is a historic asset and one of our borough’s most precious buildings. It’s vital that it is protected and cared for, so that this important piece of our collective history is not lost to time and decay and can be preserved for future generations.

“I’m delighted that this space has been so lovingly brought back to life and the attention to detail has ensured that it looks very similar to how it would have looked when the town hall first opened more than a century ago. It’s a masterclass in craftsmanship and skill and I can’t wait for people to see it.”

A new lift has been installed so the public gallery can be accessed by all, and a changing place toilet facility is now available.

Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Shakil Ahmed, said: “It’s such an honour to do this job and I’m delighted to be back in this space which is so much a part of the history and the future of our borough and its people. I’d like to thank the specialists and particularly the volunteers, whose paintstaking work has allowed us to uncover and share with people even more of the heritage of this incredible place.”

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