Regular speaker to garden clubs, civic associations, green industry conferences and other groups including Garden Federation of America local and district meetings, annual corporate and alumni gatherings.

Lectures and classes presented at the New York Horticultural Society, NYC, and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, MA.

Speaker at spring flower shows including the New England Flower Show, The Philadelphia Flower Show, The Cleveland Flower Show, The San Francisco Flower Show, The Chicago Flower Show, and The Rhode Island Spring Flower Show.

Writer

Author of A Garden Lover's Martha's Vineyard and A Garden Lover's Cape Cod, published by Commonwealth Editions, The Cape Cod Garden and Your Garden Shouldn't Make You Crazy , published by Parnassus Imprints, and Gardening in Sandy Soils, published by Storey Publications.  Monthly columnist for Prime Time Magazine, published by The Cape Cod Times.  Gardening articles appearing in a variety of publications including: The Traditional Gardener, Cape Cod Life, Cape Cod Home, The Barnstable Patriot, American Nurseryman Magazine, and bostongardens.com.

Photographer

Photos published in American Nurseryman Magazine, Prime Time Magazine, Cape Cod Life, Cape Cod Home and A Garden Lover’s Cape Cod, published by Commonwealth Editions 2007. 

Television & Radio

Currently the host of "Gardenline" - a call-in talk-radio program on WXTK 95.1FM every Saturday morning starting at 8 AM.

A contributor to The Cultivated Gardener, an hour-long gardening program broadcast on NPR stations nation-wide, from Oct. 1999 - Sept. 2000.

Frequent host and/or producer of " Cape Cod Gardening" seen on Channel 17, Cape Cod, MA.

Consultant

Free-lance garden consultant providing help with garden design, problem-solving, plant selection, and insect and disease concerns. Focus is on low-maintenance landscaping and least-toxic solutions to problems.

Gardener

Life-long grower of flowers, vegetables, shrubs and trees. (i.e. Out-of-Control Plant Person) Volunteer Master Gardener with the Barnstable Cooperative Extension Service since 1994. Seasonal employee at Hyannis Country Garden, Hyannis, MA Duties including work with annuals, perennials (including propagation), shrubs, and trees.

Education

University of Wisconsin, major in Art, 1968-71

Affiliations

Perennial Plant Association, American Plant Propagators Society, The Garden Writers of America, Professional member, The National Speakers Association.

Contact

CL Fornari, PO Box 355, Osterville, MA 02655 USA
Telephone: 508-428-5895
Email: clfornari@yahoo.com

Yes, everyone calls me C.L.

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