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A Million Healthy Gardens

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 Mike Nowak Better Government Association, Chicago Grows Green Week, environment, gardening, lawn chemicals, Madison Hopkins, Midwest Grows Green, Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, National Wildlife Federation, Peggy Malecki, recycling in Chicago, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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Mary Phillips from the National Wildlife Federation reports on how the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge is creating wildlife habitat in backyards. Ryan Anderson promotes Chicago Grows Green Week, presented by Midwest Grows Green. Madison Hopkins returns to the show to talk about her most recent article for the Better Government Association about Chicago’s failing recycling system.

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Solutions for a Cold, Wet Spring

May 12, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Bartlett Tree Experts, blue spectrum light, Chicago Market, Chicago Smart Lighting Program, environment, Evanston Environmental Association, gardening, Grant Kessler, local food, Lumican, Peggy Malecki, sustainability, the Johnson Tree Company, The Mike Nowak Show

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Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts returns to talk about tree issues for a colder and wetter than normal spring. Dick Peach from the Evanston Environmental Association previews Nature’s Night Out. Grant Kessler and Sofia Jouravel explain why you should join the Chicago Market co-op. David and Laura Mitchell from Lumican.com want to change the world, one LED street light at a time.

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How To Save Your Favorite River

May 4, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Blazing Star Nursery, Chicago River Day, environment, gardening, Lorraine Ballato, Margaret Frisbie, Mark Dvorak, Peggy Malecki, Pete Seeger, Success with Hydrangeas, sustainability, Tainio Biologicals, The Mike Nowak Show

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Margaret Frisbie from Friends of the Chicago River talks about next week’s Chicago River Day, while Chicago folk musician Mark Dvorak explains how Pete Seeger helped to save the Hudson River. Lorraine Ballato has great hydrangea care info in her new book, “Success with Hydrangeas.” Carol and Steve Wenzel from Blazing Star Nursery explain how farmers and backyard gardeners can create healthy soil.

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The Mike Nowak Show spends this holiday Sunday broadcasting from the brand spanking new City Grange on Chicago’s northwest side. Founder LaManda Joy joins us, along with staff members, who talk about the mission of this not-so-usual retail establishment. America’s Seed Artist Shilin Hora also stops by to talk about a seed quilt that she has created with students from Emerson Elementary School in Berwyn.

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Eating Your Neighborhood

April 6, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Advocates for urban Agriculture, City of Elmhurst, Dan Protess, Dave Odd, edible foraging, environment, gardening, hoop houses, Nicole Virgil, Peggy Malecki, The Mike Nowak Show, Urban Nature, WTTW

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Dan Protess, writer and producer for Urban Nature, talks about the second season of the WTTW online show, featuring an episode about forager Dave Odd, who is also in studio. Nicole Virgil reports on how she is fighting to rewrite Illinois law if the City of Elmhurst won’t allow her to site a hoop house on her property. Laura Calvert from Advocates for Urban Agriculture joins the conversation by phone.

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Mead n’ Feed on the South Side

March 30, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Bartlett Tree Experts, Carrie Schloss, Conservation at Home, environment, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, gardening, Illinois Extension, Peggy Malecki, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, urban beekeeping, urban trees, Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery

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We head to Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery on Chicago’s south side for a honey tasting “mead n’ feed” event, featuring Chef Carrie Schloss. Phil Fitch and Nick Arensmann from Bartlett Tree Experts answer urban tree care questions. Nina Baki from Forest Preserve District of Cook County and Val Kehoe from Illinois Extension talk about how you can be part of the Conservation@Home program.

Garden Chemicals 101 on the Radio

A Million Healthy Gardens

Solutions for a Cold, Wet Spring

How To Save Your Favorite River

Wild Ginger Slushies in April

Live From City Grange!

Trees As Climate Superheroes

Eating Your Neighborhood

Mead n’ Feed on the South Side

Sunday at the Flower Show