The Garden Lady on CAI - Episode 50

By C.L. Fornari

Published December 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM EST

This week on The Garden Lady, C.L. begins the program with a postcard inviting people to celebrate the seasons by noticing the beauty in seasonal changes.

C.L. also speaks with Mark Turner, photographer and author of Weeds of the Pacific Northwest, about how some plants are weeds from coast to coast, while others are problems only in specific regions.

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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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