Chicago Flower and Garden Show Archives

Sunday at the Flower Show

March 23, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Avani Shah, Basil and Begonia, Baylor Chapman, Brandon Losey, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Dolly Foster, Flowertales, Garden Gourmet, gardening, Peggy Malecki, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, William Moss

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The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki heads to Navy Pier for the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Mike and Peggy welcome a roster of guests that includes designers, educators and even a 6th grade chef who has already been on national television.

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Opening a Can of Vermicompost

March 2, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Chicago Flower and Garden Show, environment, gardening, Institute for Justice Clinic, Nature's Little Recyclers, Navy Pier, Peggy Malecki, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, urban agriculture, vermicompost, William Moss

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Ed and Dale Hubbard outline the challenges of running a composting operation in Chicago. William Moss the Garden Boss and Tony Abruscato preview the 2019 Chicago Flower & Garden Show.

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GRC2: What If Communities Actually Worked Together to be Sustainable?

July 7, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak 811 Chicago Garden, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Edith Makra, environment, gardening, Greenest Region Compact, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, sustainability, Taste of Chicago, The Mike Nowak Show, Tony Abruscato

Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives for the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus celebrates a milestone for the Greenest Region Compact. Tony Abruscato of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show, explains his collaboration with 811 Chicago and Taste of Chicago.

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March 18, 2018 – Live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show!

March 17, 2018April 1, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Chris VanCleave, environment, gardening, green living, Natural Garden Natives, Purple Cow Organics, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Rose Kings, William Moss, Wyld Creek Water Gardens

Mike and Peggy broadcast live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show. They talk to show president Tony Abruscato, The Rose Kings Chris VanCleave and Brian Puckett, Sandy Syburg from Purple Cow Organics, William Moss the Garden Boss, and Janie Grillo aka Butterfly Jane.

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March 11, 2018 – Healthy Water, Soils, Lands and Laws

March 10, 2018March 22, 2018 Mike Nowak Chicago Flower and Garden Show, David Montgomery, environment, gardening, Good Food EXPO, green living, Jerry Adelmann, Melinda Myers, natural areas, Openlands, regenerative agriculture, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Horticulturist Melinda Myers previews her appearance at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Openlands president and CEO Jerry Adelmann explains how one our most important environmental laws is at risk and how you can protect it. David R. Montgomery has a plan to regenerate our soils and he will be speaking at the Good Food EXPO.

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February 18, 2018 – Being Christy

February 17, 2018February 24, 2018 Mike Nowak Adam Federman, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Christy Webber, Department of the Interior, environment, fossil fuels, gardening, green living, immigration reform, landscaping, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

The inimitable Christy Webber returns to talk horticulture, business and the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Adam Federman from The Nation Magazine returns to report on the latest threats to what we thought were protected U.S. natural lands.

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January 21, 2018 – Soil Secrets, Flowertales

January 20, 2018February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak Chicago Flower and Garden Show, environment, gardening, green living, Loyola University Chicago, snow cover, soil science, SSSA, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Tony Abruscato

Soil scientist Mary Tiedeman explains what’s happening in your soil beneath the snow (when there is any), and Zhenwei Zhu talks about how to get it tested at the new Loyola Environmental Testing Laboratory (LETL). Tony Abruscato previews the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show.

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January 14, 2018 – The Threat to Organics

January 13, 2018February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak Charlie Nardozzi, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, container gardening, environment, Francis Thicke, fresh food, gardening, green living, Illinois Farmers Market Association, NOSB, organic standards, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Janie Maxwell of the Illinois Farmers Market Association (ILFMA) talks winter farmers markets. Gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi talks containers, foodscapes and more. Former National Organic Standards Board member Francis Thicke explains why he thinks the organic label is at risk.

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March 25, 2017 – LIVE from the Chicago Flower & Garden Show

March 24, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Ahmed Assan, Aquascape, Audubon Great Lakes, Brian Helfrich, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Chris VanCleave, climate change, environment, gardening, native plants, Rick DiMaio, roses, The Mike Nowak Show

The Mike Nowak Show is on the road for the second straight week, this time from the Chicago Flower & Garden Show.

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March 4, 2017 – Good Food, Good Gardening

March 4, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak 1590 WCGO, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, environment, Good Food Festival, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, local food, Navy Pier, social justice, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Tony Abruscato

Peggy Malecki and I are taking The Mike Nowak Show on the road for two on-location broadcasts. The first is from the Good Food Festival & Conference at the UIC Forum on Saturday, March 18. The second is a week later, March 25 from the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier