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Tired of spending time and money on your yard only to get disappointing results? Tough Plants for Tough Places brings you the know-how for enjoying 
your yard without being its slave.
Learn about 100 easy-to grow garden superstars – plants that thrive in WNC and look beautiful with a minimum of fuss and care. This free program at the Swannanoa Library will be hosted by local gardening expert Garden expert Peter Loewer on Tuesday, February 21 @ 6:30 p.m.
Peter is a well-known writer and botanical artist, graduating from the Albright Art School of the University of Buffalo with a degree in graphics and a minor in art history.
In 1994 he published the first book on nocturnal flowers for bloom and fragrance, called The Evening Garden. His book, The Wild Gardener, was named one of the best 75 garden books of the 20th Century by the American Horticultural Society.
For more information on this program, contact the library at 250-6486 or email swannanoa.library@buncombecounty.org.