Green Scene Chicago Archives

Roy and Piet: The Perennial Whisperers

July 20, 2019July 21, 2019 Mike Nowak environment, gardening, Green Scene Chicago, Millennium Park, Peggy Malecki, Piet Oudolf, plant communities, Plant Sentry, Roy Diblik, Sudden Oak Death, The Lurie Garden, The Mike Nowak Show, Tom Buechel

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World-renowned perennial plant experts Roy Diblik and Piet Oudolf join Mike and Peggy to talk about plant communities and good design. On the heels of the discovery in the Midwest of P. ramorum, a pathogen that has the potential to kill oak trees, Tom Buechel returns to the show to explain how the Plant Sentry program can protect states from diseases, pests and invasive plants. Martie Sanders and the actors at Green Team Chicago are back with a report on this summer’s production, “…not for all the tea in China!” (Hint: it’s about the history of tea.)

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Helianthus!

September 22, 2018May 1, 2021 Mike Nowak AmpleHarvest, environment, Food Waste Weekend, gardening, Gary Oppenheimer, Green Scene Chicago, helianthus, hunger in America, sunflowers, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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The cast and crew of Green Scene’s play “Helianthus!” come to the WCGO studios to talk about this theatrical history of the plant we call a sunflower. Gary Oppenheimer of AmpleHarvest.org is back on the final day of Food Waste Weekend to promote the productive distribution of excess food in America.