The Garden Lady - Episode 38

By C.L. Fornari

Published September 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM EDT

Have your houseplants been outside for summer camp? If so, it’s time to start bringing them back into the house for the winter. 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. She discusses other possible stow-aways that may think that your house is their ideal winter dwelling. Plus, houseplants, organic insect treatments and listener calls.

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C.L. Fornari

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 $100,000.00 for local non-profits every year and draws public attention to Hydrangeas and gardening.

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