C.L. Fornari

C.L. Fornari is the author of eight books, including Coffee for Roses and The Cocktail Hour Garden, which was given a Silver award in the “How To-Self Help” category by ASJA.

C.L. has written for a number of magazines such as Fine Gardening, Country Gardens and 2 Million Blossoms. She’s also a monthly columnist for Garden Center Magazine, and in 2021 her column, Retail Revival, won a gold metal award from GardenComm. C.L. is the host of GardenLine on WXTK, and co-host of the Plantrama podcast. She is a frequent speaker to assorted groups and businesses nationwide.

C.L. writes, cooks, and grows far too many plants at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod. She has her radio audience convinced that “C.L.” stands for “Compost Lover.”

Subjects

General

Lifestyle
Nature & Environment
Food & Drink

Specialties

Plants and Gardens

Skills

Books
Blog posts
Graphic design
Podcasts
Radio

Writing Credits

Numerous articles written for the following magazines: American Nurseryman, Angie’s List, Country Gardens, Fine Gardening, Garden Center Magazine, Prime Time, and 2Million Blossoms.

Book Credits

The Cape Cod Garden and Your Garden Shouldn’t Make You Crazy – published by Parnassus Imprints

Gardening in Sandy Soil – Published by Storey Publishing

A Garden Lover’s Cape Cod and A Garden Lover’s Martha’s Vineyard – published by Commonwealth Editions

Coffee for Roses and The Cocktail Hour Garden – published by St. Lynn’s Press

Sand and Soil – published by David R. Godine, Publisher

Awards, Honors, Appointments

Silver Award for The Cocktail Hour Garden from ASJA

Silver Award for Coffee for Roses from GardenComm International

Gold Award for the Plantrama Podcast from GardenComm International

Gold Award for writing for a trade magazine, for Retail Revival, in Garden Center Magazine from GardenComm International

Selected Work

As author, unless indicated otherwise.

Party Crashers

Article, 2Million Blossoms MagazineJanuary 2021

Read about plants that crash your garden party, but come so colorfully dressed that you allow many of them to stay. Read about what these party crashers offer to pollinators and other wildlife. Discover how these plants delight you with surprise appearances and colorful flowers, and learn what is necessary to grow them.

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The Cocktail Hour Garden

Book, St. Lynn's PressMarch 2016

The Cocktail Hour Garden invites the reader to create spaces where they can happily gather during "the green hour," put aside their digital devices, and re-connect with the natural world. The reader discovers how to fashion places where scents, sights and sounds are relaxing. The book focuses on plants, bringing all elements into your outdoor space, and which plants to grow for fragrance, flavor and fun. Although the author stresses that it isn't what's in your glass that's important, she does include several garden-based cocktail recipes.

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