Garden Lady on CAI

By C.L. Fornari

Published November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM EDT

The Garden Lady, C.L. Fornari, began her November 1st program with a postcard from seeds, about winter sowing. Her guest was Michael Dosman, Keeper of the Living Collections, at Harvard's Arnold Arboretum. He spoke about plant collecting, and why this is so important in the 21st Century. We also took 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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