The Side Gardener by Rosie Daykin

A garden cookbook that feels like a warm chat with a neighbor, complete with flowers, chickens, and delicious recipes.

The Side Gardener: Recipes & Notes from My Garden is part gardening journal, part cookbook, and fully charming. Author Rosie Daykin shares how she transformed a neglected patch of land beside her home into a thriving garden during a time when many of us were rethinking how we connect to food and nature.

Alongside gorgeous photography, Rosie invites you into her seasonal rhythms: growing vegetables, snipping florals for the kitchen table, and gathering fresh eggs from a small backyard flock. Her approachable recipes highlight what’s in season and celebrate the joy of cooking with ingredients you’ve grown yourself or picked up from a local market.

Inside, you'll find everything from vibrant salads and cozy soups to rustic desserts and easy weeknight mains. Rosie also shares advice on edible flowers, creating a garden layout, and raising chickens for beginners. Whether you’re a seasoned grower or just planting your first raised bed, The Side Gardener will inspire you to dig in and savor the rewards.

"This stunning cookbook tells the story of how bestselling and award-winning cookbook author Rosie Daykin turned a languishing patch of land beside her home into an informal working garden during the first year of the pandemic. The book appeals to both home gardener and home cook, with dreamy photos, rustic recipes and advice on how to plant your vegetable garden and what to do with the harvest—but also a chapter on florals, and which blooms are edible, and a chickens 101 for anyone interested in adding their own coop." - The Globe & Mail