If you're already sipping a cup of tea at a branch of Avoca while reading this, then you're already winning in the Mother's Day stakes. The carefully selected plants are always brimming with health, particularly at the main outlet in Kilmacanogue, where lunch in the Fern Cafe would also do nicely as a thank-you present. The new Anthology range (below) includes flower print dresses and tops, and there's some pretty new colour combinations in the Ilse Jacobsen that always seem difficult to keep in stock. Avoca.ie