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MARK CULLEN, C.M. 

President, Mark’s Choice Ltd. – Horticultural Communications and Marketing.

Mark is Spokesperson and Horticultural consultant to Home Hardware Canada.  www.homehardware.ca

Spokesperson for Premiertech Home and Garden: [CIL Iron Plus]  www.premiertech.com

Order of Canada.

July 1, 2016 Mark was awarded Member, Order of Canada ‘For his contributions to promoting and developing horticulture education in Canada and for his ability to explain how Canadians can protect the environment.’

Volunteer:

Mark is spokesperson for SHARE Agricultural Foundation www.shareagfoundation.org

Spokesperson for Canada Blooms Flower and Garden Festival www.canadablooms.com

Founding Chair, Highway of Heroes Living Tribute www.hohtribute.ca.  (Goal: to plant 117,000 trees on the Highway of Heroes, 401 CFB Trenton to Keele St., Toronto, to honour Canada’s fallen in war since WWI).

Volunteer Judge – United Way of Toronto, Social Enterprise Fund and member of the United Way Speakers Circle  www.unitedwaytoronto.com 

Mark Cullen, GARDEN COMMUNICATOR

Marks’ reaches over two million Canadians every week through various media outlets with a message that is distinctly Canadian.  He has a familiar style that people relate to.  He delivers a message that is compelling, fun, informative, inspirational – all based on his sustainable approach to gardening.

Newspaper Toronto Star, Saturdays.

Mark writes a ‘gardening feature’ column for the Toronto Star.  Look for his articles/question & answers/weekly tips in the New Homes and Condos section every Saturday. www.thestar.com/authors.cullen_mark

Syndicated newspaper column

Mark’s weekly garden/environment column appears in more than 30 newspapers in 6 provinces.

Radio

You can catch ‘The Green File’ on Canadas’ largest AM radio station 680 News in Toronto, 570 News, Kitchener, 1310 News, Ottawa, 660 News Calgary, 1130 News Vancouver and CJAD Montreal.  The Green File airs every Thurs., Fri., and Sat. 3 times per day.  www.680news.com

Best Selling Author

Over 500,000 books in print in Canada

Mark has written over 20 books, including his most recent The New Canadian Garden.  Published by Dundurn Press, Toronto.

Magazine

Mark is gardening editor for the Harrowsmith Canadian Almanac, Harrowsmith Garden Digest, and is garden-editor of Active Life Magazine and Reno and Décor Magazine.

Mark also is feature garden writer for Home at Home magazine [400,000 circulation]  www.homeathome.homehardware.ca

Internet

Mark has the deepest website in Canada for gardening information.  www.markcullen.com 10,000 gardening questions answered.  He publishes a free monthly newsletter, now with subscriptions over 20,000.

 

BEN CULLEN

Officially, Ben Cullen joined Mark full time in January, 2017.  Unofficially, Ben has worked with Mark his entire life.

Ben’s interest in growing really began while working maintenance at the local golf course through high school, before heading off to the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus where he completed a Diploma in Agriculture.

After working in agricultural research, Ben headed east where a Bachelor’s of Commerce from Dalhousie University in Halifax eventually led him into the food industry.

Three years into the food business, Ben took a break to pursue a dream of travelling overland from London, UK to Shanghai, China.

Now that Ben is back home, he looks forward to channeling his passion for food, travel and growing back into Mark’s original mission – connecting and inspiring people with things that grow.

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22 Jan

This spring we are joining gardeners across Canada to plant yellow "Hope is Growing" gardens https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2021/01/20/show-off-natures-best-shades-of-yellow-with-a-2021-hope-is-growing-garden.html?fbclid=IwAR0J5pqyVf-qgdqTv4wZVlk8K3G9KMmbj7bAojalXlSenjfQBofFeGOlr3Q

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#tbt Last year, @MarkCullen4, pleaded for help in saving Toronto's oldest tree. This year, we are excited to be able to say that it's been saved. City Council voted to cover the remaining cost & purchase the property that this centuries-old tree resides at. https://twitter.com/HOHTribute/status/1214240219135926273

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A review of @suestuartsmith new book - great winter reading! https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2021/01/12/new-book-cultivates-hope-through-both-the-physical-and-passive-acts-of-gardening.html

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Probably the most important house plant advice that can be given! So many plants die from overwatering! Stick your finger in the dirt. Don’t be afraid 😁 If it’s cool and moist leave it alone! Thanks @MarkCullen4! And thanks @ABurbidge! https://twitter.com/ABurbidge/status/1345484646075740160

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About Mark and Ben


Mark Cullen is an expert gardener, author & broadcaster and holds the Order of Canada. His son Ben is a fourth-generation urban gardener and graduate of Guelph and Dalhousie University.
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