The Cocktail Hour Garden ― Creating Evening Landscapes for Relaxation and Entertaining

At the end of the day, what better place is there to kick back, chill out and make the world go away, than in your own backyard garden? Plant and cocktail lover C. L. Fornari shows how easy it is to create a garden atmosphere that sets the mood for private relaxation or festive occasions with friends. With a wise and witty text, mood-setting plant lists, botanical drink recipes and luscious photographs, The Cocktail Hour Garden reveals the simple secrets to creating an evening pleasure garden. This personalizing of the garden experience is what the new buzzwords “garden-tainment” and “garden-to-glass” are all about.

C. L. Fornari is a writer, professional speaker and radio host. Author of six gardening books, including “Coffee for Roses” (St. Lynn’s 2014). In 2013 she won silver awards from The Garden Writers Association in the categories of Broadcast Media, Radio and Electronic Media, Blog and Website. A sought-after lecturer, she is a longtime host of “GardenLine,” a weekly radio show on WXTK, now streamed worldwide online, and has been a frequent contributor to NPR’s “The Cultivated Gardener.” The author manages a blog, Whole Life Gardening, and the website, gardenlady.com. She resides in Cape Cod, MA.