The Power of Dirt; Hydrangea Help

Gardening expert Melinda Myers has late season advice for hydrangea care; Dr. Jack Gilbert, author of Dirt Is Good talks about why protecting your kids from germs might not be the best thing for them.

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Why Recycle?

Marta Touloumes Keane, Recycling Program Specialist for Will County, explains what can and can’t be recycled, and why. Rich and

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Why Recycle? Hosta Finale

Marta Touloumes Keane, Recycling Program Specialist for Will County, explains what can and can’t be recycled, and why. Rich and Susan Eyre from Rich’s Foxwillow Pines prepare for their Hosta Happening Finale next week.

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Seaweed Chronicles and Trout Tales

Susan Hand Shetterly, author of Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge, reports on how seaweed harvesting could be

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Seaweed Chronicles and Trout Tales

Susan Hand Shetterly, author of the just-released book, Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge, reports on how seaweed harvesting could be the next biological frontier and also an environmental battlefield. Trout Unlimited coordinator Marvin Strauch, and Chicago teacher Joe Lentino explain the Trout in the Classroom program.

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Roundup Loses in Court; Talking Trees with Skeet

Certified arborist M.D. Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts returns to the show to talk summer tree issues. Carey Gillam, author of Whitewash: The Story of Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science, also returns to report on a huge court judgment against the Monsanto Company and its weedkiller Roundup.

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An Infestation of Horticulturists

This week, the Garden Writers are coming to town to party with the Independent Garden Centers at Navy Pier. Mike and Peggy welcome GWA members C. L. Fornari, Andrea Whitely and Mary-Kate Mackey in studio, who will be joined on the phone by James A. Baggett, who is being inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame.

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Pollinator-palooza 2018

Landscape horticulturist Dolly Foster teaches you how to make your garden pollinator friendly. Tom Buechel explains how the Plant Sentry program will theoretically keep plant e-commerce free of invasive plants and pests.

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Bonsai, Tomato and Native Plant Rock Stars

The Spirited Gardener Julia Bunn has rain garden advice. Dan Kosta reports on the Prairie State Bonsai Society annual show.

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Bonsai, Tomato and Native Plant Rock Stars

The Spirited Gardener Julia Bunn from the 6th annual GreenBuilt Home Tour has rain garden advice. Dan Kosta reports on the Prairie State Bonsai Society annual show. KC Tomato talks–what else?–tomatoes. Stephanie Walquist and Terry Guen preview the Wild Ones West Cook Native Garden Tour.

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