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October 15, 2017 – When Plants Fight City Hall

October 15, 2017May 1, 2021 Mike Nowak coral reefs microfragmenting, environment, extended growing season, gardening, green living, hoop house, Michele Hoffman, native plants, Nicole Virgil, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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Nicole Virgil wants to grow vegetables in a backyard hoop house and Ron Cress wants to grow native plants on his lot, and they both find themselves fighting City Hall to make it happen. Michele Hoffman welcomes Dr. David Vaughan to the Science Desk to talk about his new growing technique that might give the world’s declining coral reefs a fighting chance.

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October 8, 2017 – Start the Garden Revolution

October 7, 2017October 12, 2017 Mike Nowak A Just Harvest, Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards, economic opportunity, environment, Gale Community Academy, gardening, mass extinction, native plants, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, urban agriculture

Author and native plant landscaper Benjamin Vogt talks about his new book, A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. Gale Community Academy Principal Augustine “Augie” Emuwa and A Just Harvest’s Rev. Marilyn Pagán-Banks and Tonia Andreina are teaching students about growing food.

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July 29, 2017 – Fun with Foliage

July 28, 2017August 10, 2017 Mike Nowak Christina Salwitz, environment, Fine Foliage, garden design, gardening, Gardening with Foliage, invasive exotics, Karen Chapman, native plants, The Mike Nowak Show, USDA Hardiness Zones

Karen Chapman and Christina Salwitz, authors of Gardening with Foliage First, explain to Mike and Peggy how to design a beautiful garden while almost making blooms an afterthought. As always, meteorologist Rick DiMaio reports on climate and weather.

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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 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.