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Seaweed Chronicles and Trout Tales

August 25, 2018September 1, 2018 Mike Nowak biodiversity, Chicago Public Schools, environment, gardening, over-fishing, Seaweed Chronicles, species depletion, Susan Hand Shetterly, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Trout in the Classroom, Trout Unlimited

Susan Hand Shetterly, author of the just-released book, Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge, reports on how seaweed harvesting could be the next biological frontier and also an environmental battlefield. Trout Unlimited coordinator Marvin Strauch, and Chicago teacher Joe Lentino explain the Trout in the Classroom program.

Roundup loses - "The Helping Hand" sculpture by Carrie Fischer

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Roundup Loses in Court; Talking Trees with Skeet

August 18, 2018July 27, 2019 Mike Nowak Bartlett Tree Experts, Carey Gilliam, certified arborist, environment, gardening, glyphosate, Monsanto, Roundup, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, tree mulch, Whitewash

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Certified arborist M.D. Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts returns to the show to talk summer tree issues. Carey Gillam, author of Whitewash: The Story of Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science, also returns to report on a huge court judgment against the Monsanto Company and its weedkiller Roundup.

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An Infestation of Horticulturists

August 11, 2018January 8, 2022 Mike Nowak Andrea Whitely, Australian gardening, C.L. Fornari, environment, garden myths, Garden Writers Association, gardening, Hall of Fame, indoor plants, James A. Baggett, Mary-Kate Mackey, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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This week, the Garden Writers are coming to town to party with the Independent Garden Centers at Navy Pier. Mike and Peggy welcome GWA members C. L. Fornari, Andrea Whitely and Mary-Kate Mackey in studio, who will be joined on the phone by James A. Baggett, who is being inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame.

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Pollinator-palooza 2018

August 4, 2018March 23, 2019 Mike Nowak e-commerce, environment, exotic invasives, gardening, monarch butterfly, native plants, Nature Hills Nursery, plant diseases, Plant Sentry, pollinators, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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Landscape horticulturist Dolly Foster teaches you how to make your garden pollinator friendly. Tom Buechel explains how the Plant Sentry program will theoretically keep plant e-commerce free of invasive plants and pests.

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Bonsai, Tomato and Native Plant Rock Stars

July 28, 2018August 20, 2018 Mike Nowak Dan Kosta, environment, gardening, KC Tomato, Morton Arboretum, native garden tour, Prairie State Bonsai Society, rain gardens, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Spirited Gardener, tomato taste, Wild Ones West Cook

The Spirited Gardener Julia Bunn from the 6th annual GreenBuilt Home Tour has rain garden advice. Dan Kosta reports on the Prairie State Bonsai Society annual show. KC Tomato talks–what else?–tomatoes. Stephanie Walquist and Terry Guen preview the Wild Ones West Cook Native Garden Tour.

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SNAP SNAFU

July 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Mike Nowak Community Supported Fisheries, environment, Experimental Station, Farmers Markets, gardening, green living, Sitka Salmon Shares, SNAP, sustainability, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show

Corey Chatman from the Experimental Station helps explain a potential issue concerning SNAP purchases at farmers markets across the country. Green Diva Meg talks about her new podcast at The Green Divas website. Dr. Nicolaas Mink of Sitka Salmon Shares addresses the challenges facing Community Supported Fisheries.

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The Budburst Challenge: Natives v. Nativars

July 14, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, citizen scientists, environment, gardening, Kayri Havens, Laury Lewis, master gardener, phenology, pollinators, Project Budburst, Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Chicago Master Gardener Laury Lewis stops by the studio to preview the 50th Annual Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk and answer gardening questions. Kayri Havens and Jennifer Schwarz Ballard from Budburst at the Chicago Botanic Garden are looking for citizen scientists to participate in the Nativars Research Project.

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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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A Little Science in the Garden Goes a Long Way

June 30, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak Bucktown Garden Walk, Chicago, Dearborn Garden Walk, environment, gardening, gardening science, Lee Reich, SavATree, sustainability, The Ever Curious Gardener, The Mike Nowak Show, tick control, tree care

Author, lecturer and “farmden” cultivator Lee Reich talks about his new book, The Ever Curious Gardener. Folks from the Dearborn Garden Walk and the Bucktown Garden Walk come to the studio to promote their summer events.

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Return of the Queen of All Horticultural Media

June 23, 2018June 30, 2018 Mike Nowak Albert Ettinger, Chicago River, Clean Water Act, environment, gardening, Illinois Sierra Club, low maintenance perennials, Melinda Myers, MWRD, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Trump Tower Chicago

Garden expert, author, lecturer and Queen of All Horticultural Media Melinda Myers returns to the show to talk early summer gardening. Environmental attorney Albert Ettinger and Cindy Skrukrud from the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club explain their lawsuit with Chicago Trump Tower over its continuing violation of the Clean Water Act.