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The Garden Lady on CAI - Episode 47

Pink Poinsettias
C.L. Fornari
Pink Poinsettias

This episode of The Garden Lady starts with a postcard from poinsettias that explains that the most colorful parts of these holiday plants are actually bracts, not flowers.

C.L. also welcomes Susan Diller, Executive Director of CitySprouts. They talk about the benefits of getting children into the garden. Also highlighted: the book We Garden Together.

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.