Trending on Gardenista: Mother’s Day Ideas Straight from the Garden

Sure-bet hits for Mother’s Day, most of them fragrant and easy.

• There’s still plenty of time to pull off the miracle foot soak and other projects presented in DIY: Home Spa, Mother’s Day Edition. A year’s worth of gratitude guaranteed.
• A bottle chandelier made of wire, a project from Holly Becker’s new book, Decorate with Flowers, this week’s Required Reading.
• Looking for cut flowers that won’t droop after a few days? Justine explains How To Make A Vase of Flowers Last a Week–and shows us some DIY arrangements that put spring’s pickings to inspired use.
• Another apt gift: a garden app. See Gardenista’s picks in these posts: DIY: Identify Leaves and Flowers (There’s an App for That), and Plant ID Apps for Citizen Scientists.