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  • Debra Prinzing, Why You Need to Buy Slow Flowers this Mother's Day, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/05/02/slow-flowers/(opens in a new tab) #slowflowers #flowers #Mother'sDay #gardening #plants #DebraPrinzing #local
    Plants & Gardening

    Why You Need to Buy Slow Flowers this Mother’s Day

    Seattle author and gardener Debra Prinzing knows flowers. In addition to writing books on gardening, Prinzing started the “slow flowers” movement. It encourages people to buy locally grown flowers rather than imported ones from faraway countries. Foreign growers often spray dangerous chemicals on their crops and employ low-wage workers in…

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  • Earth globe, Happy Earth Day! 5 Tips to Help Our Beautiful Planet, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/04/22/earth day/(opens in a new tab), #earth #earthday #globe #environment #tips #planet #climatechange #globalwarming
    Plants & Gardening

    Happy Earth Day! 5 Tips to Help Our Beautiful Planet

    Happy Earth Day, everyone! Today is a day when I pause to reflect on how beautiful this planet is and how lucky we are to have another day to live on it. When you think about it, you realize how amazing it is that this rock in space can support…

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  • Night Diary, The One Ritual That Helped my Sleep Problems, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/04/19/sleep-ritual/(opens in a new tab) #sleep, #insomnia, #sleepritual, #sleephygiene, #stressrelief, #happiness, #stress
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    The One Ritual That Helped my Sleep Problems

    Earlier this year, I worked with a sleep specialist. I wanted to regain those luxurious seven and a half hours I’ve usually slept these last several years. But in January, I started experiencing intermittent bouts of insomnia and by February it became chronic. So I sought out a sleep doctor…

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  • Dark Petals Book, The Dark Petals of Provence Is Now Available! Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/03/01/dark-petals-of-provence/(opens in a new tab) #books #novel #Provence #DarkPetals #France #thriller #mystery #fiction
    Books,  Personal

    The Dark Petals of Provence Is Now Available!

    Hi everyone, Just a quick note to let you know my new novel, The Dark Petals of Provence, is now available in all formats: paperback, ebook, and even audiobook. As I mentioned in my newsletter, I was terribly disappointed when the physical book was out of stock for a while…

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  • The 5 Best Gardening Books by English Experts, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/04/08/gardening-books/(opens in a new tab), #gardening #books #british #english #gardendesign #inspiration #garden #plants
    Plants & Gardening

    The 5 Best Gardening Books by English Experts

    When I peruse my bookshelf, I often gravitate toward the same old cluster of gardening books. They’re by the most prominent British horticulturalists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The designers who built the most spectacular estates in England. They experimented with the concepts of outdoor rooms, mixed borders, and…

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    Plants & Gardening

    8 Fun Facts About Hellebores That Might Surprise You

    Hellebores are excellent shade perennials for almost any garden. They have pretty glossy leaves and never overgrow their area or get in the way. Plus, they’re evergreen. And when there are slim pickings in late winter for foliage and color, hellebores reliably bloom in February, March, and April. How cool…

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  • Take the Stairs Book, When You Take the Stairs, You Find a More Painful but Rewarding Path, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/03/05/take-the-stairs/(opens in a new tab), #book #inspiration #motivation #takethestairs #roryvaden #self-help
    Books,  Inspiration

    When You Take the Stairs, You Find a More Painful but Rewarding Path

    Recently I found an older book with some lasting ideas. Rory Vaden’s Take the Stairs offers great inspiration for those looking to stop procrastinating in all areas of their life. The one aspect though most people won’t want to hear is succeeding in life takes self-discipline. Vaden says you can’t…

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  • Alocasia Plant, The 3 Things You Need for a Successful Alocasia, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/02/03/alocasia, #alocasia, #plants, #houseplants, #indirectlight
    Plants & Gardening

    The 3 Things You Need for a Successful Alocasia

    Alocasia x amazonica, or Elephant’s Ears, makes a bold statement in a houseplant collection. It grows rubbery-looking, blackish green pointed leaves with white veination, creating an unusual, tropical look. I love Alocasias because, ironically, they’re so artificial looking. Their appearance goes against the idea that leaves are soft and papery.…

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Our bodies are actually built to work harmoniously with nature. That's why we find it so relaxing. Do you have plans this Memorial Day weekend to get outside?
Here's my Horizon Monarch rhododendron for your viewing pleasure today. Happy Friday! #gardening #TGIF
We often learn something new every day, right? Well, when we learn about #plants, we can lower our stress too!
Here's a pretty container I saw the other day: fuchsia, coleus, impatiens. Happy Monday! We get to enjoy another one.
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