Louise Koehler
Owatonna, Minnesota

Louise was a charter member of the North Star Lily Society. In her yard in Owatonna she grew many different types of flowers. If you walked through her garden and admired a specific plant, she would get the shovel and start digging a piece of it to share with you. She did a lot of research work for Norma Pfiffer and was a wealth of horticultural information for all who talked with her.

Louise was responsible for five registered lilies and shared the introduction of one with Merv Eisel.

Hugh Cocker remembers Louise Koehler:

"Louise was a farm wife in the Owatonna area.   She was one of the most interesting people I ever met.   Her knowledge was amazing and she was generous to a fault. I came home one time with 12 lilies in bloom that she dug out of her garden and gave to me in bread wrappers. They all lived!  After Louise moved to the city of Owatonna, she did a lot of gardening in a very small space.  Two of Louise’s well known lilies are 'Hawaiian Punch' and 'Louise'.”