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.

Karen Chapman and Christina Salwitz are the authors of  Gardening with Foliage: 127 dazzling combinations that pair the beauty of leaves with flowers, bark, berries, and more. They talk to Mike and Peggy about value of foliage in a garden and how to use their book for inspiration.

Farmers Lisa Kivirist and Alison Parker preview Soil Sisters and In Her Boots events. Michele Hoffman previews her trip to Florida to research plankton and the affects of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Coorens reports on a big land use deal in Chicago

Lisa Kivirist and Alison Parker preview a couple of events for women farmers--Soil Sisters, A Celebration of Wisconsin Farms and Rural Life, and In Her Boots, Market Farming in Suburbia. Michele Hoffman takes her place at The Mike Nowak Show Science Desk before heading to Florida to do research for her film Microcosm. Elaine Coorens reports on the biggest land deal in the North Branch Corridor that nobody has heard of.

Chef Paul Virant previews the 10th Annual Peak Harvest Farm Dinner presented by Angelic Organics Learning Center. Rick DiMaio returns from and educational trip to Iceland to study climate change.

Chef Paul Virant previews the Angelic Organics Learning Center (AOLC) 10th Annual Peak Harvest Farm Dinner at which Mike Nowak will be auctioneer. Meteorologist Rick DiMaio reports on his trip to Iceland with Loyola University Chicago students to study climate change.

Urban Rivers has an idea for bring floating nature to the Chicago River; Carl Zimring and Kris Kaar explain the IRA event "A Couple of Professors Talkin' Trash;" plus an update on the British Columbia wildfires from Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio.

Nick Wesley, Zach Damato and George Brigandi of Urban Rivers explain their plan for creating floating gardens and habitats in the Chicago River. Peggy and Mike get an update on wildfires in British Columbia from David Scott of Spaced Out Radio. Professor Carl Zimring from the Pratt Institute and Kris Kaar, president of the Illinois Recycling Association, preview the talk "A Couple of Professors Talkin' Trash."

Former Chicago Gardener of the Year and co-director of the 49th Annual Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk Laury Lewis stops by the studio to promote “The Summer’s Best Festival” and talk a little gardening.

Laury Lewis is an Illinois Master Gardener and former Chicago Gardener of the Year. He visits the WCGO Studios to promote then 49th Annual Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk and talk gardening with Mike and Peggy.