Mark Dvorak Archives

How To Save Your Favorite River

May 4, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Blazing Star Nursery, Chicago River Day, environment, gardening, Lorraine Ballato, Margaret Frisbie, Mark Dvorak, Peggy Malecki, Pete Seeger, Success with Hydrangeas, sustainability, Tainio Biologicals, The Mike Nowak Show

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Margaret Frisbie from Friends of the Chicago River talks about next week’s Chicago River Day, while Chicago folk musician Mark Dvorak explains how Pete Seeger helped to save the Hudson River. Lorraine Ballato has great hydrangea care info in her new book, “Success with Hydrangeas.” Carol and Steve Wenzel from Blazing Star Nursery explain how farmers and backyard gardeners can create healthy soil.

Peggy and The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener

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Mark and Marcus: Music and Sustainability

October 6, 2018May 4, 2019 Mike Nowak environment, FolkTober Fest, gardening, harvesting tomatoes, Marcus de la fleur, Mark Dvorak, native plants, planting garlic, retrofitting, storm water management, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener

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Folk musician Mark Dvorak and Stephanie Schrodt stop by the studio to promote next week’s Folktober Fest in Oak Park. Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, have early fall tips. In the advance of the ILCA’s IMPACT Conference, Marcus de la fleur talks about the benefit of putting native plants in your home’s landscape, and the difficulty of finding companies that will maintain them.