C.L. Fornari
Host, The Garden LadyC.L. Fornari is the author of eight books, including Coffee for Roses and The Cocktail Hour Garden. She’s a professional speaker, the former host of GardenLine on WXTK, and co-host of the Plantrama podcast. She is a frequent speaker to groups nationwide, and has worked for a family-owned independent garden center for 25 years. C.L. grows vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees and numerous other plants at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod. In 2015 C.L. launched the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, a ten-day regional celebration of gardens that typically raises over $50,000.00 for local non-profits every year and draws public attention to Hydrangeas and gardening.
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This week, C.L. speaks with Alireza Shokoohi, extension educator and entomologist working with the UMass Extension Vegetable Program. -
This week C.L. speaks with Kathy Tracey, co-owner of Avant Gardens in Dartmouth, MA. She also takes listener calls. -
On this episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. speaks with Gary Bowden about native plants and takes listener calls. -
Today on The Garden Lady C.L. celebrates cut flowers and the people who grow them. She interviews Teresa Speight, author of Black Flora published by Hachette Book Group and Krishana Collins, owner of Tea Lane Farm on Martha's Vineyard. Plus she takes listeners' calls. -
This week on The Garden Lady, C.L. speaks with Jazmine Albarran, the director of Seed Your Future. -
C.L. features Hydrangea arborescens this week and she speaks with Natalie Carmolli from Proven Winners Color Choice Plants. -
C.L. starts the show with a postcard from Poppies. She then speaks with Murray Buckner of Full Moon Blooms Farm and Ashley Cadrin from the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society. -
Dahlias were the main topic on this episode of The Garden Lady. C.L. shares her best tips and explains why her mother-in-law forbid them in her house.
