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The Garden Lady - Episode 10

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.

C.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.