Mark Cullen, GARDEN COMMUNICATOR Marks’ “gardening message” reaches over two million Canadians every week.

Radio Host - The Garden Show, CFRB [Canada’s most listened to am radio station] in Toronto. Live, Saturdays 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Television Co-Host of CANADA AM weekly Gardening segment with Jeff Hutchison. Airs Wed. at 8:40 a.m.

New for spring 07 “Green Force”, HGTV Mark is co host of this exciting new show featuring the rejuvenation of space using an environmentally responsible approach. One of HGTV’s 3 lead shows this spring!

“Mark Cullen - Gardening” HG TV [Home and Garden Television]. Half hour gardening show featuring ‘beauty and practical’ information.

Best Selling Author Over 400,000 books in print in Canada

New for spring 07! “A Sandbox of a Different Kind. Personal reflections on the Canadian Gardening Experience.” Available in bookstores and Home Hardware.

“Canadian Garden Design”, published by Penguin Canada. Sub-title - ‘Ideas and inspirations for your garden’. 240 pages, full colour, coffee table edition.

“The New Greener Thumb”, published by Penguin Canada. The original edition of ‘The Compete Guide to Gardening in Canada” now includes three new chapters on ‘New Perennials’, ‘Native Plant Gardening’ and ‘Low Maintenance Gardening’.

The original edition of A Greener Thumb was on the best sellers list for 27 weeks. The best selling hard cover gardening book in Canada ever, with over 130,000 in print. Mark has produced a gardening book exclusively for Ontario gardeners – titled “Ontario Gardening” [2002].

Magazine Mark is a regular contributor to Gardening Life magazine, 6 times per year.

Spokesperson Home Hardware – Mark acts as spokesperson for Home Hardware and consults on their Horticultural category.

C.I.L. Golfgreen and Green Earth – Mark acts as spokesperson for Golfgreen lawn fertilizers and grass seed and for Green Earth environmentally friendly garden products [NuGro/Spectrum Corp.]

Mark acts as public spokesperson for the Environmental Farm Plan in cooperation with the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association.

Mark Cullen is respected by his peers. Garden Communicator of the Year. - Landscape Ontario, 1987.

Quill and Trowel “Gold” Award Winner, for best TV Show. 1990 - Garden Writers of America. Bicentennial Civic Award of Merit. City of Scarborough, 1996.

Financial Post Environmental Achievement award with the Composting Council of Canada in the ‘Education’ category, 1998. Canada Day Achievement award. From the Toronto Canada Day Committee, 2000.

Involved in his community July, 2003 – Mark earned the ‘Queens Jubilee’ medal for his “outstanding contribution to helping to feed the hungry through his work with Plant a Row Grow a Row” He was nominated by the Canadian Association of Food Banks and the Composting Council of Canada. Mark continues to act on behalf of the Plant A Row Grow A Row program in Canada.

Mark is the Honorary Patron of SHARE Agricultural Foundation, providing relief to under privileged farmers in 3rd world countries “ A Hand up not a Hand Out” Mark also acts as the public advocate for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and speaks on environmental issues on their behalf.

Mark has served at the University of Guelph as ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’. Active supporter of the Greater Toronto United Way and Participation House in Markham Ont.

Mark moved into the ‘environmentally friendly’ country home of his dreams in 2006. Married to Mary Farintosh. 4 children: Lynn 23, Heather 21, Emma 18, and Ben 15. In his spare time Mark enjoys driving his Ford Model A - and he loves to garden.