Riotte, Louise: - Beloved author and life-long gardener Louise Riotte passed away in 1998 at the age of 89.
She took great pride in her garden near her home in Ardmore, Oklahoma..
Riotte was an artist as well as a writer, and her own drawings appear in all of her books.
Together they greatly influenced her life and her books, including Roses Love Garlic, Astrological Gardening, Sleeping with a Sunflower, Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads, and Raising Animals by the Moon.
Her father taught her how to practice astrology, while her mother was an herbalist.
During her life, she wrote twelve books on gardening, companion planting, and garden lore, among them the ever-popular Carrots Love Tomatoes .
Riotte, Louise: - Beloved author and life-long gardener Louise Riotte passed away in 1998 at the age of 89