Loehrlein, Marietta

Dr. Marietta Loehrlein is professor of Horticulture and Landscaping at Western Illinois University. She is passionate about flowers, landscaping, the environment and music. She loves food, especially those that come from plants, and is always willing to try new cuisines. She has published two textbooks, Home Horticulture, and Sustainable Landscaping. She was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana where she developed an early appreciation for the rewards of horticulture: from the now-gone wild blackberries from the wooded lots behind her childhood home, to the large sycamore tree in the front y...