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Karen Hugg

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Chicago, The United States

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Karen Hugg writes books inspired by magical plants. Her background is in horticulture and her passion is living green things. Her aim is to entertain and inspire readers.

The Forgetting Flower and Harvesting the Sky takes readers to Paris for intriguing stories and a touch of romance. The literary mystery Song of the Tree Hollow brings the spooky woods of the Pacific Northwest to life.

Her book, Leaf Your Troubles Behind: How to Destress and Grow Happiness Through Plants , explores how plants can help our mental health. ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 240 ratings · 117 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Forgetting Flower 3.97 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of the Tree Hollow 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rooted: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction by Josh MacIvor-Andersen (Editor), Bill McKibben (Introduction), Renée E. D'Aoust (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaf Your Troubles Behind: How to Destress and Grow Happiness Through Plants 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Petals of Provence 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul's Road: A Fiction Collection by Cody T. Luff (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sidney Williams (Goodreads Author), Deborah Grace Staley (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvesting the Sky (Botanique Noire) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties by Walter Cummins (Editor), Karen Hugg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pitkin Review, Spring 2010 by Kristen Stone (Goodreads Author), Sharon Cicilian (Editor in Chief), Sarah Shellow 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How to Minimize Your Plant Palette

If you’re like me, you may get carried away when plant shopping at your local garden center. You intend to buy a few plants but get sucked into splurging on gorgeous specimens. Never mind that they’re rare, marginally hardy, or just unfamiliar. You buy with excitement. But later, once planted, the hangover settles in. You spent more money than you intended and those cool unfamiliar plants suffered

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Karen Hugg wrote a new blog post How to Minimize Your Plant Palette If you’re like me, you may get carried away when plant shopping at your local garden center. You intend to buy a few plants but get sucked into splurg Read more of this blog post »
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“Sometimes he used a spade in his garden, and sometimes he read and wrote. He had but one name for these two kinds of labor; he called them gardening. ‘The Spirit is a garden,’ said he”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“..a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not.”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Vol. 2

tags: mind, philosophy, truth, wisdom

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