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The Garden Lady
Hosted by C.L. Fornari

The Garden Lady is a weekly, hour-long call-in radio program hosted by plant expert C.L. Fornari. It airs on WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, and WZAI 94.3, Saturdays at 1 p.m. On The Garden Lady, Fornari takes listener questions and discusses a wide range of topics around gardening, horticulture, and nature, with a special focus on helping the Cape and Islands community make the most of every season, regardless of their level of plant experience.

Call our Listener Line with your gardening questions: 866-999-4626

Latest Episodes
  • The Garden Lady - Episode 40
    The postcard featured on this episode of The Garden is from Style.
  • The Garden Lady - Episode 39
    In this episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. Fornari receives a postcard from plants, shrubs, and trees offering advice on proper trimming techniques.
  • The Garden Lady - Episode 38
    On this episode of The Garden Lady C.L. Fornari talks about controlling those pesky fungus gnats or aphids, and how to keep them from taking over your indoor greenery.
  • Butternut squash
    The Garden Lady - Episode 37
    In this week's episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. discusses harvesting in the fall.
  • English Lavender
    The Garden Lady - 36
    On this week's episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. discusses the reason why what we put in our landscape's matters.
  • The Garden Lady - 35
    On this week's episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. discusses rain, irrigation systems, soaker hoses and hand watering.
  • Weeds in the dirt.
    The Garden Lady - 34
    On this episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. discusses weeding.
  • Marigold Art
    The Garden Lady - 33
    On this episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. discusses marigolds.
  • The Garden Lady - Episode 32
  • The Garden Lady - Episode 31
    In this program C.L. Fornari talked about why we shouldn’t be too quick to blame the bugs, and how to better diagnose plant puzzles. She spoke about fertilizing plants in mid-summer, and read a postcard from Nature about the various way plants are communicating with us.