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 $100,000.00 for local non-profits every year and draws public attention to Hydrangeas and gardening.
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Celebrate summer flowers in early August with The Garden Lady. After starting out with a postcard from petunias, C.L. welcomes Kerry Michaels, author of Art From the Garden and they talk about getting creative with flowers and other natural materials. Listeners call in with questions about vegetable garden problems, powdery mildew, controlling invasive weeds, and earthworms. -
In early August C.L. Fornari begins the program with postcard from daylilies, and discusses a few ways to improve perennial gardens at this time of year. Callers wondered about daylilies that aren't flowering well, strawberry plants with no berries, gardens that have greater shade, and heavy hydrangea flowers. -
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The Garden Lady started off with a postcard about mid-summer Lavender care. Callers asked about a multitude of garden problems including fungus gnats in a houseplant, growing cucumbers, wild grapes, hydrangeas and carrots. -
On today's program C.L. talks about mid-summer fertilizing, the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, and takes listener calls about perennial plants, July plant care, and the growth of trees. -
On the Fourth of July The Garden Lady shares four things that are essential for plants, and four approaches to good soil health for gardens. Listeners called in with questions about rose pruning, watering gardens, and transplanting perennials in the middle of the summer. -
On The Garden Lady today, C.L. starts off with a postcard about holes in leaves. Then she welcomes Dabney Day, Writer, Producer and Director of the film “The Gardener.” This movie, screening in selected theaters, invites the audience to slow down, listen and feel. Then the program moves from the metaphorical to the practical with plant questions from listeners about herbs, potatoes, blueberries and other June gardening matters. -
The Garden Lady spoke to the Insect Lady today as Margie Patlak, author of Insect Safari, was C.L. Fornari's guest. C.L. took calls from listeners who were asking about squirrels, woodchucks, peonies and more. -
This episode began with a postcard from American Holly, a plant that is naturally shedding the old leaves as it grows new foliage. C.L. welcomes Jim Long, author of Wildcrafter Garden Structure: Making Bentwood Trellises, Arbors, Gates and Fences. Listeners called in with questions about lilacs, azalea pruning, tomatoes and more. -
In this episode of The Garden Lady C.L. starts off program with a postcard from azalea gall. She discusses favorite herbs and where to plant them, and takes calls from listeners about rejuvenating lilacs, boxwood problems, and why dahlias dried up in storage.
