June 2019 - 10

Dirty Secrets
Recipe for
Success
By Christina
Salwitz
I
f you take a generous heaping of Midwestern nice,
a respectable quantity of service experience from
a young age, throw in some well-seasoned family
horticulture experience, add to that an impressive
amount of education, and you find you have the recipe
for one self-proclaimed " extroverted introvert " designer
making his mark in this industry.
Meet Earl Lieske, container designer at Chalet
Nursery in Wilmette, Illinois.
If you've read this column regularly, you might recall
my mini-tantrum a while back asking for nominations
of design professionals (specializing in container
gardens) to help me get their names and faces out
there for all to see.
We've been (OK, I've been) desperate to see evidence
of some fresh 21st century design ideas across this
great land, and did we ever succeed with this one. Earl
Lieske is the real deal.
10 | LAWN & GARDEN RETAILER | JUNE 2019
: Meet Earl Lieske
The Start of It All
Hailing from Grand Ridge, Illinois, a farming
community of 700, Earl had all the ingredients
to become a skilled designer early on. While his
mother was a P.E. teacher, Earl's father was a chef in
a restaurant where Earl helped out and learned that
working hard in food service was a great platform
for understanding the art of customer service, the
foundation for excellent communication skills and even
bartending! I'm sure that part made him an uber-skilled
listener for sure.
Many of our grandparents were adept gardeners out
of necessity. Earl got a double dose of those passeddown
skills from both sides of his family where all of
his grandparents set wonderful examples of what large
productive gardens can achieve.
The gardening gene was definitely passed down
to Earl as he made the decision to follow his heart
and focus on making his education and career about
horticulture.
Earl found his way to Joliet where he earned a
notable four associate's degrees. Landscape, Nursery,
Greenhouse and Turfgrass Management were all areas
that gave way to bigger scale dreams, so he went on
to apply for a three-month internship at the famed

June 2019

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of June 2019

June 2019 - 1
June 2019 - 2
June 2019 - 3
June 2019 - 4
June 2019 - 5
June 2019 - 6
June 2019 - 7
June 2019 - 8
June 2019 - 9
June 2019 - 10
June 2019 - 11
June 2019 - 12
June 2019 - 13
June 2019 - 14
June 2019 - 15
June 2019 - 16
June 2019 - 17
June 2019 - 18
June 2019 - 19
June 2019 - 20
June 2019 - 21
June 2019 - 22
June 2019 - 23
June 2019 - 24
June 2019 - 25
June 2019 - 26
June 2019 - 27
June 2019 - 28
June 2019 - 29
June 2019 - 30
June 2019 - 31
June 2019 - 32
June 2019 - 33
June 2019 - 34
June 2019 - 35
June 2019 - 36
June 2019 - 37
June 2019 - 38
June 2019 - 39
June 2019 - 40
June 2019 - 41
June 2019 - 42
June 2019 - 43
June 2019 - 44
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2025
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/gift-garden-winter-2025
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/november-december-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/september-october
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/august-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/july-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/june-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/may-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/april-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/march-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/february-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/november-december-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/september-october-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/august-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/july-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/june-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/may-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/april-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/thrive-guide-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/march-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/february-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/lgr-november-december-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/september-october-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/august-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/lgr-july-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/june-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/may-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/april-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/march-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/february-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/thriveguide-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/november-december-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/september-october-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/august-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/july-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/june-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/may-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/april-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/march-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/february-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/thriveguide-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/november-december-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/september-october-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/august-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/july-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/june-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/may-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/april-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/march-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/february-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/november-december-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/september-october-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/august-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/july-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/june-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/may-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/april-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/march-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/february-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/LGR/january-2019
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com