With Mark Cullen
March 26th 7 pm and March 27th at 10:30 am and 12:30 pm
For those who have ever attended Mark Cullen's entertaining Garden talks before, you will remember his colourful and amusing stories, as well as the beautiful slide show of breathtaking gardens. Mark's presentation is so personable and helpful that any gardener, from the novice to the green thumb, comes away with lots of ideas to get start in their own yards.
"Respect Your Mother" is an informative and entertaining approach to environmentally responsible gardening in Canada. With his impassioned delivery, Mark's message and photographs provide for a wonderful journey into a world out of doors that is inspiring and fun. Learn how to garden successfully while cutting corners on maintenance: maximizing colour in your flower garden and the productivity of your vegetable garden. Design tips, gardening trends in Canada and personal reflections on the gardening experience all factor in to this fast paced 45 minute presentation. Mother Earth will surely benefit!
We invite you to the Cornwall Spring Home Show and Mark Cullen for a fun and interactive event.
Mark's Bio:
“Mark Cullen - Gardening” and host of ‘GreenForce’ - note: now in reruns - HG TV [Home and Garden Television].
Best Selling Author
Over 400,000 books in print in Canada
New! Mark’s 18th book and 4th hardcover book: The Canadian Garden Primer, An Organic Approach. 208 pages, over 400 pictures. A Canadian best seller. Available at Chapter/Indigo, independent book stores and Home Hardware. www.markcullen.com
Mark’s 17th book and first ‘story’ book for gardeners: “A Sandbox of a Different Kind. Personal reflections on the Canadian Gardening Experience.” A Canadian best seller. Available in bookstores and Home Hardware. More info. at www.markcullen.com
“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].
Internet
Mark has the deepest website in Canada for gardening information. With an internal search engine, www.markcullen.com answers up to 10,000 gardening questions.
Mark writes a weekly blog on Yahoo!.ca Look for it every Wed. at www.ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com
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 developing countries “ A Hand up not a Hand Out” www.shareagfoundation.org.
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.