H. Peter Loewer

Describes the necessary equipment and techniques for growing a variety of plants in water.

The Indoor Water Gardener's How-to Handbook

Lush full-color photography accompanies a regional tour of some of the Tarheel State's finest tourist gardens, offering descriptions, visitor information, directions, hours, and major attractions of each site, including the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, Charlotte's Wing Haven Gardens, Manteo's Elizabethan Garden, and Tryon Palace. Original.

A Traveler's Guide

Gardens of North Carolina

National Wildlife Federation

Craig Tufts

"This is an excellent overview of how to garden for wildlife."-Library Journal

How to Create a Beautiful Backyard Habitat for Birds, Butterflies, and Other Wildlife

The National Wildlife Federation's Guide to Gardening for Wildlife

A brief look at some of nature's nocturnal behavior including the blooming of the moonflower, how moths drink, how bats "see," and how vines climb.

The Moonflower

Jefferson's Garden

Henry David Thoreau went alone to Walden Pond in 1845 and observed the ferns and turtleheads, the sundrops and spatterdocks, and the other beautiful native plants that formed a natural garden around his cabin. He walked the woods and fields and penned his observations in his journals. Noted plantsman Peter Loewer combines excerpts from Thoreau's diaries with his own botanical illustrations and comments.

Native Plants for the American Landscape

Thoreau's Garden

The latest book by this notable writer on horticultural topics deftly weaves excerpted reveries from Thoreau's journals together with copious notes on native plants gathered by Loewer himself. The result is an agreeable foray into the fertile landscape Thoreau knew so well. Although today's gardeners can only dream of such remarkable wild spaces, as Loewer suggests, it might be that 'the best garden is a garden of the mind.' Thus, the lively text feeds the craving for imaginary gardens, first by musing on the scientific naming of plants, then by proceeding to highlight selected trees and shrubs, prairie grasses, and outstanding wildflowers--of wetlands and woodlands. Loewer conjures up enough plant minutiae (fascinating facts, myths, historical particulars, practical uses, etc.) to satisfy the most demanding avid gardener. A new book by Loewer is cause for celebration. - Alice Joyce-

H. Peter Loewer

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