Chris McLaughlin

Author of A Garden to Dye For: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics & Fibers

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About the Author

Chris McLaughlin, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Composting, has been an avid gardener for more than 30 years and a Master Gardener since 2000. Online, Chris is a regular contributor to Vegetable Gardener.com and FineGardening.com. She's the feature writer for Vegetable Gardens at Suite show more 101. com and is the assistant managing editor for FoodieMama.com. Chris writes from her suburban farm in the San Francisco Bay area. Visit her at asuburbanfarmer.com. show less

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Works by Chris McLaughlin

Vertical Vegetable Gardening: A Living Free Guide (Living Free Guides) (2012) 34 copies

The Secrets of Reflexology (2000) 26 copies

Growing Heirloom Flowers: Bring the Vintage Beauty of Heritage Blooms to Your Modern Garden (2018) 22 copies

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Composting (2010) 19 copies

Hobby Farms: Rabbits: Small-Scale Rabbit Keeping (2012) 11 copies

Raising Animals for Fiber: Producing Wool From Sheep, Goats, Alpacas and Rabbits in Your Backyard (2019) 11 copies

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables (2010) 10 copies

Simple Techniques for Pain Relief (Time-Life Health Factfiles) (1999) 8 copies

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Small-Space Gardening (2012) 6 copies

Multiple sclerosis : a positive approach to living with MS (1997) 5 copies

Understanding Healthy Living (Family Doctor Series) (1996) 5 copies

Paddle Eastern Australia : New South Wales & Queensland : rivers, lakes and estuaries, a paddling and camping guide (2010) 4 copies

Asthma and Allergies (Food Solutions) (2000) 4 copies

The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food―All in Your Own Backyard (2023) 4 copies

Canoeing the Rivers and Lakes of Victoria (1987) 3 copies

The rivers and lakes of Victoria : a canoeing and camping guide (1991) 3 copies

Paddle Eastern Australia : Victoria & the Murray River : rivers, lakes & estuaries, a paddling and camping guide (2010) 2 copies

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Composting (Idiot's Guides) (2010) 2 copies

Los secretos de la Reflexología (2003) 2 copies

North-east Victoria : an explorer's guide (1995) 1 copy

Canoeing the Rivers and Lakes of Queensland and the Northern Territory — Author — 1 copy

Canoeing the rivers and lakes of new south wales (1987) 1 copy

Alivia tu dolor (1999) 1 copy

Elu ilma valuta (2001) 1 copy

Astma ja allergia : retsepte ja nõuandeid sümptomitega toimetulekuks (2002) 1 copy

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Growing Heirloom Flowers: Bring the Vintage Beauty… by Chris McLaughlin

Growing Heirloom Flowers by Chris McLaughlin
Bring the Vintage Beauty of Heritage Blooms to Your Modern Garden

Quatro Publishing
Nonfiction, gardening
May 2018

I received this digital ARC from NetGalley and publisher in exchange for unbiased review.

A wonderful directory of the most common heirloom flowers suitable for your modern garden. The illustrations provide a colorful display of the blossoms described. The author provides some history regarding each species with advice on growing and cutting techniques. There are some suggestions for using the flowers in wreaths or bouquets.

Many of the plants may be familiar to the home gardener who may be unaware their amazing history. It’s fascinating how these plants have retained their original beauty and hardiness to have endured over 100 years. It’s no wonder that many have been useful in the advances of medical and culinary history.… (more)

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