News 2RAEDPE Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, UK. 03rd July, 2023. RHS & BBC Morning Live Budget-Friendly Garden. BBC Morning Live presenter Mark Lane enjoys the RHS & BBC Morning Live Budget-Friendly Garden. Press day at the annual RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, which runs 4 – 9 July 2023. Credit: Imageplotter/Alamy Live News Mark […]
News Mark joins forces with his BBC Morning Live family and the RHS to create the RHS-BBC Morning Live Budget-friendly Feature Garden at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival 2023. RHS-BBC Morning Live Budget-friendly Feature Garden, RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival 2023, Mark Lane, Mark Lane Designs Ltd Mark says: With the cost-of-living crisis and many […]
News CorporateLiveWire’s Innovation and Excellence Awards 2022 has awarded Mark Lane Designs Ltd Residential Landscape Design Firm of the Year 2022. Mark Lane says: Yet again, the industry is recognising the incredible work of the practice. Thank you for the award and thanks to all of our lovely clients. Over the last 2 years we […]
News Award Winning Garden Designer and BBC presenter Mark Lane talks us through all there is to know about roses with Primrose TV. From Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, and Climbers, Mark’s useful advice will help you find the perfect rose for you, including how to get the most from them in your garden! Primrose TV – […]
News Bird baths are a great way to attract wildlife and, of course, birds to your garden. In this short video Mark shares the tips and tricks to proper placement within the garden, the types available, how to deal with them during the winter and how best to clean them. Primrose TV – Mark Lane’s […]
News Mark has been shortlisted for the Celebrity of the Year accolade in the National Diversity Awards 2021. All of those shortlisted have been described as ‘inspirational role models’. Mark says: I had no idea that I was being put up for Celebrity of the Year, so when I received an email it came as […]
News “Landscape Designer of the Year 2020” in the Corporate Live Wire Global Awards 2020 goes to Mark Lane Designs Ltd. Jake Powers from Corporate Live Wire said. We have now made the decisions on the companies and individuals that should be selected as winners in this year’s program. You were considered in the category […]
News How can partners and partnerships move your business forward? That’s the topic for this podcast episode featuring Mark Lane from Mark Lane Designs. Partners and partnerships are working with anyone from another business, whether that’s a supplier, contractor or anyone else! There are so many different types of partnerships which help your business to […]
News Sitting Spiritually logo Mark was interviewed by Angela Swan for Sitting Spiritually, a creative company designing and building beautiful outdoor wooden furniture. To read the interview in full please take a seat and visit here To read more about the makers and the furniture please visit Sitting Spiritually
Publications / News A sumptuous look at 21 iconic royal gardens of the world Royal gardens have played an important role in shaping gardens, gardening, garden design and garden history. Leading protagonists such as Le Notre, Louis XIV, Mollet family, and more weave between the royal gardens. As the author I am merely an interpreter. […]
News BUILD Architecture Awards have just informed us that we have won Landscape Designer of the Year 2020 (UK), for demonstrating expertise within our given field, dedication to client service and satisfaction, and commitment to excellence, quality and innovation. Mark says: We were not expecting this. The Award is a wonderful surprise. Over the years, […]
News Platinum Magazine, June-July Issue with Mark Lane’s regular Gardening Column The June/July issue of Platinum magazine is now out. Showcasing the start of Mark’s regular gardening column. Every month Mark shares his horticultural knowledge. And answering questions, giving short quick tips to get your garden into shape for the year. From sowing seeds to […]
News YouTube channel by Mark Lane Hi everyone, I have just launched my new YouTube Channel Please take a look. Every week I shall be sharing Gardening Tip Videos and every Saturday morning at 11:00 GMT I shall be streaming a LIVE Gardening Clinic where you can send me your gardening questions. I shall cover: […]
News Mark Lane’s new book Royal Gardens of the World can now be pre-ordered via Amazon at Amazon Royal Gardens of the World is a stunning exploration of 21 of the world’s most celebrated gardens, from the formal splendour of Versailles to the organic, sustainable Highgrove. Through beautiful photographs and vivid descriptions, discover the unique style […]
Following the successful radio advert for Leonard Cheshire, Mark has been asked to add his voice to numerous projects, including radio adverts, marketing materials and an exciting, upcoming virtual-reality programme. https://www.marklane.tv/voicereel-for-mark-lane/
We received the news today that my practice Mark Lane Designs has been awarded, by the judging panel at Build Architecture Awards, ‘Most Innovative Garden & Landscape Design Company 2019’ for our expertise in the garden design field, our dedication to the industry as well as exceptional client / customer service, with an ongoing commitment […]
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Mark spent a day at Savill Garden on 11 February for research for his new book, to be published Spring 2020, and met the head of estates to discuss how the garden is managed, what grows there and to take photographs. On a glorious sunny Winter’s day, the garden came to life.
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BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and Kent garden designer Mark Lane will be fielding tricky questions from John Humphrys when he appears on Celebrity Mastermind on BBC One on Friday 21 December at 8.30pm. Joining him on the pre-Christmas edition will be broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles, BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan and Celebrity Big Brother winner […]
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BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and Kent garden designer Mark Lane will be fielding tricky questions from John Humphrys when he appears on Celebrity Mastermind on BBC One on Friday 21 December at 8.30pm. Joining him on the pre-Christmas edition will be broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles, BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan and Celebrity Big Brother winner […]
Mark asked to host the 2018 Staff Awards for Leonard Cheshire at the stunning Carlton House Terrace, just off the Mall and Buckingham Palace. A special moments when staff, who work above and beyond their roles, are thanked for the work they undertake. Mark’s speech: Thank you for inviting me to the Awards. About a […]
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Community wellbeing garden for Canterbury Christ Church University. I have the great pleasure in working with the University estates’ department and Kent Enterprise Trust to create a haven for students, staff and visitors with the provision of mental and emotional support. Although most interaction is talking based support, the Community Oasis [wellbeing] Garden (COG) will […]
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Mark Lane teams up with Leonard Cheshire and the NGS Mark has made a short film http://www.leonardcheshire.org/marklane to coincide with Gardens and Health Week, run by the National Garden Scheme, and is delighted to be designing a sensory garden for Leonard Cheshire’s Agate House. Mark says, “Gardens and Health Week and Gardening is a great way […]
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Read Mark’s story in the Index Lifestyle magazine. Learn how he became a garden designer, his passion for design and plants and how his TV career started with the BBC. Click on the following link for further information https://www.indexmagazine….
Award-winning garden designer, TV presenter and garden writer Mark Lane teams up with Leonard Cheshire charity to design a sensory garden for Agate House, reports ProLandscaper magazine https://prolandscapermagazine.com/mark-lane-celebrates-gardening-h…
Award-winning garden designer Mark Lane appears in the glossy Surrey Life magazines. Read by thousands of people, Mark is delighted to appear in such a series of publications.
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Greenfingers have been creating magical gardens for children, family members, staff and visitors at children’s hospices for some time. Expanding the brand, Mark has been asked to design the first outdoor space for young people aged 11-19 with Moderate Learning Difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Speech, Language and Communication difficulties at Garratt Park School, Wandsworth, London, […]
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Here are a few more photos of the day filming in Mark’s Garden for Leonard Cheshire and the National Garden Scheme. More to come……
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Another great Show at Hampton Court Palace. Search BBC iPlayer to watch Mark chat about roses and dahlias. Despite the scorching heat the garden designers and exhibitors really excelled themselves.
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Mark is delighted to become a supporter of the national and international charity Leonard Cheshire and ‘Can do Gardening’ campaign. Leonard Cheshire supports individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. Mark says: Gardens and gardening offer an immeasurable sense of wellbeing, both physically and mentally. The therapeutic benefits of […]
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In its second year, RHS Chatsworth Flower Show returns. Mark presents from the floral marquees, looking at plants with a story, interviewing the knowledgeable exhibitors, meeting and chatting with a local Derbyshire nursery owner and sets the scene with a Rudyard Kipling poem.
As part of the Melanoma Fund’s ‘ridiculous’ gardening campaign, Mark had a great time transforming into and striking the ever-popular pose of Tommy Cooper, with a horticultural twist. Celebrity gardeners are getting behind a national campaign, using humour to help fight melanoma. Mark Lane, David Domoney, Adam Frost and David Stevens will all appear dressed up […]
The anticipation of spring is such a wonderful thing. We all have a biophilic need for the outdoors and greenery. As soon as bulbs start pushing up their noses through the once cold soil, and leaves start to emerge on trees there is no better time to start getting outdoors and enjoying the benefits of […]
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Evening Standard, Thursday 8 February 2018
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A new article about Mark’s career, garden design work, BBC work and personal life is revealed in Kent’s range of Index magazines. ‘Design for Life’ looks at Mark’s low points as well as his high points and charts Mark’s change of career path into landscape and garden design. Several of Mark’s designs are showcased in […]
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