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July 15, 2017 – 49 Years and Counting

July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Former Chicago Gardener of the Year and co-director of the 49th Annual Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk Laury Lewis

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July 16, 2017 – Floating Gardens, Trash Talking Professors

July 16, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak British Columbia, Carl Zimring, Chicago River, environment, floating gardens, gardening, habitat, Illinois Recycling Association, Kris Kaar, The Mike Nowak Show, Urban Rivers, wildfires

Members of Urban Rivers present their idea for bring floating nature to the Chicago River; Carl Zimring and Kris Kaar explain the IRA event “A Couple of Professors Talkin’ Trash;” and Mike and Peggy get an update on the British Columbia wildfires from Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio.

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July 15, 2017 – 49 Years and Counting

July 14, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak Chiicago Excellence in Gardening Awards, environment, flooded gardens, gardening, Laury Lewis, Master Gardeners, native plants, Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, The Mike Nowak Show

Former Chicago Gardener of the Year and co-director of the 49th Annual Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk Laury Lewis stops by the studio to promote “The Summer’s Best Festival” and talk a little gardening.

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July 9, 2017 – Of Seeds, Monarchs and Kayaks

July 14, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Lee Buttala from the Seed Savers Exchange seeds, Allen Lawrance from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum updates the monarch butterfly

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July 8, 2017 – The Return of the Natives

July 13, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Mike and Peggy talk to Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz about their new book, Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees

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July 9, 2017 – Of Seeds, Monarchs and Kayaks

July 8, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak Allan Lawrance, environment, gardening, Lee Buttala, monarch butterly, Openlands, Paddle Illinois Water Trails, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Seed Savers Exchange, species diversity, The Mike Nowak Show

New executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Lee Buttala talks about the challenges of being the guardians of 25,000 varieties of seeds. Allen Lawrance from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has monarch update for the 2017 season. Laura Barghusen from Openlands announces the launch of Paddle Illinois Water Trails for canoes and kayaks.

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July 8, 2017 – The Return of the Natives

July 7, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak caterpillars, Douglas Tallamy, environment, gardening, horticultural industry, insects, native plants, oak trees, The Mike Nowak Show, trees and shrubs

Mike and Peggy talk to Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz about their new book, Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees and the importance of putting native plants in your landscape.

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July 2, 2017 – Carpin’ About Climate

July 6, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Joel Brammeier from Alliance for the Great Lakes reports on Asian carp and the All Hands on Deck initiative. Meteorologist

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July 1, 2017 – A Tale of Two Counties

July 6, 2017 Mike Nowak

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LaManda Joy from the Peterson Garden Project previews GnomeDependence Day. Mike and Peggy follow up on factory farm issues in

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July 2, 2017 – Carpin’ About Climate

July 1, 2017July 7, 2017 Mike Nowak Asian carp, climate change, environment, gardening, Great Lakes, invasive species, Joel Brammeier, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, Rick DiMaio, science, The Mike Nowak Show

Mike and Peggy talk with Alliance for the Great Lakes president and CEO Joel Brammeier about whether it is already too late to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan, and discuss All Hands on Deck, an effort to examine all facets of protecting the Great Lakes. Then Meteorologist Rick DiMaio and educator and filmmaker Michele Hoffman discuss climate change on the eve of Rick’s trip to Iceland with students from Loyola University.