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Live broadcast on Sunday January 6, 2019...9:00 a.m. Central time

'Garden and Landscape Design...a Quick Start Guide'

The Mike Nowak Show

WCGO AM-1590 Chicago
Listen Live click www.mikenowak.net
Projects above are (clockwise from upper left): a back patio in Joliet, Illinois,
a patio in San Diego in the North Park neighborhood, 
a front paver walkway in Coronado, California
and an entire landscape renovation in Hinsdale, Illinois

Mike and co-host Peggy Malecki and I will talk about five main concepts from our book 'Garden and Landscape Design a Quick Start Guide' (Amazon or direct from us).
  • Have a plan
  • Planted beds are everything
  • Three things to never use
  • Hardscapes will make or break your garden
  • The finishing touches

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