Bringing Nature Home Archives

Doug Tallamy on Saving Nature and Ourselves

January 22, 2022January 24, 2022 Mike Nowak Bell Bowl Prairie, Bringing Nature Home, climate change, Doug Tallamy, gardening, Mounds View Grasslands Preserve, native plants, Natural Land Institute, Peggy Malecki, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Nature of Oaks, The Prairie Enthusiasts

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Entomologist, ecologist and author Doug Tallamy returns to the show. He discusses his latest book, The Nature of Oaks and his work to create Homegrown National Park. But he will also talk with Kerry Leigh, executive director of the Natural Land Institute about the continuing threat to Bell Bowl Prairie in Rockford. On the good news front, we’ll chat with Debra Behrens from The Prairie Enthusiasts about a grant they just received to expand Mounds View Grasslands Preserve near Madison, Wisconsin.

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Nature’s Best Hope Is You

February 8, 2020February 12, 2020 Mike Nowak Bringing Nature Home, Chicago Botanic Garden, Douglas W. Tallamy, eco-influencer, Homegrown National Park, Jim Ault, native plants, Nature’s Best Hope, Peggy Malecki, The Mike Nowak Show, The Orchid Show, the value of insects

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Doug Tallamy returns to the show to discuss his new book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” about how our planet’s salvation will be via native plants and the insects they support. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Jim Ault talks about Brilliance: The Orchid Show, which runs through March 22.