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The following information is from the 2011 Michigan Home & Garden Show.

Educational Seminars

Glenn Haege

Glenn Heage is host of the award winning “Handyman Show with Glenn Haege” home improvement advice show, which began airing in Detroit in 1983. The format for the show features Haege’s unique brand of “clear and concise, how-to advice” for listeners who call in, along with interviews of guests that provide valuable information regarding home improvements and home maintenance.

In addition to his syndicated radio show, Haege is the author of 11 home improvement books, and also writes two columns per week in The Detroit News. He has been named among the Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts by Talker’s Magazine numerous times, and his radio show also received the “Best Broadcast Report” Award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.

Haege also provides articles and how-to information on his award winning website, www.MasterHandyman.com.

You're Not Moving so You're Improving! Learn How to Get the Best Deals.

Not moving anytime soon?  America's Master Handyman, Glenn Haege will tell you how to remodel your current home at the least expense and greatest return! 

Chefs Angus Campbell & Bob Garlough

With decades of culinary expertise between them, Chefs Robert Garlough and Angus Campbell currently teach at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College.  Along with a program for enrolled students, the department offers nearly forty seminar-styled cooking classes annually to the general public through their Institute for Culinary Enthusiasts (click the link for topics and registration information).  They are also co-authors of the best seller Modern Garde Manger, selected as the IACP Award Winner for 2007 in the Technical Reference Category.  

Chef Robert Garlough came to Michigan in 1980 to establish and coordinate a two-year program in Culinary Arts at Grand Rapids Community College. Hailing from St. Augustine, Florida, where he was the Executive Chef of a restaurant/nightclub in Jacksonville, Chef Garlough has held several other food service management and instructional positions in Michigan, Florida, Ohio and New York.

A City and Guilds Master Craftsmen, with over 29 years of experience, Chef Angus Campbell was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Beginning his professional career, Chef Campbell worked at the Bahamas Hotel Training College where he became the Department Chair for their Culinary Arts Department before moving to Grand Rapids where he currently teaches in the Culinary Arts program as Chef-Instructor in the Heritage Restaurant for lunch service.

Sweet Party Treats

The Chefs at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education show you how to make delicious desserts for your next party!

The Inside Outside Guys

The Inside Outside Guys are Chuck Breidenstein and Ken Calverley. Both experts in their fields, Chuck and Ken provide housing and home improvement information you can trust, in an entertaining, humorous way on their weekend radio broadcast. Chuck and Ken started their radio show to give homeowners who felt lost help with their housing needs.

In addition to helping homeowners, the Guys have partnered with a number of businesses and contractors who have demonstrated knowledge, work ethic and commitment to excellence. It is part of the Guys’ mission to strive to help these businesses get bigger and better with honesty, integrity and hard work.

Listen to the Inside Outside Guys Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8:00 a.m. on 103.5 FM WMUZ.

Inside Outside Guys Seminars

Chuck & Ken will teach you how to hire the right contractor for the job, where to spend your money for the best return and benefit, and how to build or remodel to keep your home accessible for the long haul!

Union of Concerned Scientists

Karen Perry Stillerman
As a senior analyst in the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Karen Perry Stillerman works to promote policies that will transform and modernize the American food system to make it safer and healthier for consumers, farmers and farm workers, rural communities, and the environment. Ms. Stillerman is the author of the UCS publication, The Climate-Friendly Gardener: A Guide to Combating Global Warming from the Ground Up, and specializes in communicating with the public about the links between farming practices, productive soil, and the our health and well-being. Ms. Stillerman holds a master's degree in public affairs and environmental policy from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.

Creating a Climate Friendly Garden

Even small shifts in weather can affect your plans for your lawn or garden. Unchecked global warming, however, could force gardeners to deal with more droughts and floods, and a profusion of pests and weeds. Karen Perry Stillerman, author of the Climate-Friendly Gardener, will show you how to reduce the impact of climate change in your own backyard.

Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association

The Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association, established in 1922, is Michigan’s statewide nursery and landscape industry trade association. The Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture is the nursery and greenhouse industry. This industry employs over 600,000 workers during the peak seasons. The MNLA represents over 15 different segments of the green industry including garden center, greenhouse production, grower, golf course design and maintenance, interiorscape, irrigation, landscape contractor, landscape design, landscape management, nursery production, supplier, turf management, and arborist. The MNLA serves all of these industry segments by creating relationships between and among them while strengthening the industry as a whole.

Trees - More Than Just a Great Place to Hang a Hammock!

Dan Riddle of Lodi Farms Ltd will help you to appreciate all the great things that trees do for all of us.  From the air we breathe to the food we eat, trees provide lots more than we could ask or imagine!  Join Dan for this interactive session and learn all about trees and where and how to plant them for maximum benefit and financial gain through energy savings and resale value!

Dan Riddle is past president of the Southeast Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association.  Dan and his wife Jane own and operate Lodi Farms Ltd in Ann Arbor, MI.  Lodi Farms has grown over the past 25 years from a landscaping business to include a retail nursery as well as a tree farm with over 50 acres and 12000 trees in Parma MI.

On a personal note, Dan enjoys whitewater Kayaking, and has just started to Kiteboard.  In work and play, Dan strives to be in harmony with God’s creation! 

Plant Stories & Legends

Come and explore the world of fairies, pixies, sword-yielding plants and dragons in this fun, fast-paced presentation of plant legends from all around the world.  From the legend of cotton from the American South to the story of Parsley from England, Jane Riddle, owner of Lodi Farms Nursery from Ann Arbor, will present some legends and stories of how plants got their names.  Great fun for all ages and only a few "tears turning into tulips" stories.