Peter Loewer earned a Max Beckmann fellowship to attend Brooklyn Art School, where he received a BFA in graphics. He has written eighteen books on gardening and has authored dozens of magazine and newspaper articles on the subject. He also serves on the editorial advisory board of The American Horticultural Society.

Jean Loewer received a BFA in painting and a certificate in art education from Hunter College. She has illustrated ten children's books, taught art in public schools as well as adult education classes, and now works as a children's librarian.