Summary: <p>Mike and Peggy announce the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoGardeningAwards/?ref=br_rs">Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards</a>. <a href="http://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/about-the-author.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Heather Holm</a> is a horticulturist and biologist by training who has just released a book called <a href="http://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/bees-an-identification-and-native-plant-forage-guide1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide</a>. Brett Bloom explains what will happen at the upcoming <a href="https://www.breakdownbreakdown.net/pachamanka/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Camp BreakDown Break Down Pachamanka</a>, a retreat in Freeport, Illinois. Jim Kleinwachter from <a href="http://www.theconservationfoundation.org/index.php">The Conservation Foundation</a> and Val Kehoe from <a href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cook/">Illinois Extension</a> talk about how Cook County residents can get involved with the <a href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cook/conservationhome/">Conservation at Home</a> program. Brian Imus from the USGBC-IL previews their annual <a href="https://www.usgbc-illinois.org/limelight/gala/">Limelight</a> gala.</p>
