The Garden Lady - Invasive Plants and Weeds

By C.L. Fornari

Published January 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM EST

On this episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. looks at weeds with Peter Del Tredici. Peter is the author of Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast. They talk about how humans have encouraged invasive plants and other weeds, and why we may need to look at them differently…including seeing a lawn filled with weeds as a “freedom lawn!” She and Peter take listener calls on several subjects in addition to weeds.

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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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