author
Loraine E. Kuck
d. 1977
A pioneering interpreter of Japanese and tropical garden design, she helped bring Asian garden history and Hawaiian plant life to English-language readers. Her books blend careful observation with an inviting sense of place, making them appealing to gardeners, travelers, and nature lovers alike.
1 Audiobook
Hawaiian Flowers
by Loraine E. Kuck, Richard C. Tongg
About the author
Loraine E. Kuck was an American writer on gardens and plants whose best-known books explored Japanese garden history and Hawaiian flora. She wrote One Hundred Kyoto Gardens in 1935, The Tropical Garden with Richard C. Tongg in 1936, The Art of Japanese Gardens in 1940, and later The World of the Japanese Garden and Hawaiian Flowers and Flowering Trees.
Sources available here suggest that she lived in Kyoto for three years, an experience that shaped her writing on Japanese gardens and brought her into contact with important garden thinkers and practitioners. Later profiles describe her as a pioneering figure in Hawaii's landscape world, and her work helped introduce many English-language readers to both Japanese garden traditions and tropical planting.
A genealogical record found during this search indicates that she was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1900 and died in Honolulu, Hawaii, in August 1977. While some biographical details remain lightly documented online, her books clearly show a writer deeply interested in how gardens express history, culture, and the character of a place.