Today, Mark Lane Designs Ltd received the wonderful news that it has won Best Garden Designer for Sustainability & Biodiversity 2026 – UK in the LUXlife Home & Garden Awards 2026. Mark says: “We have a reputation within the garden design industry and the horticultural and national press for creating cohesive, luxury and beautiful garden […]
Mark’s new book The Thrifty Gardener is out now, published by Quarto. Click here to order: Amazon In a world of climate change and stretched purse strings, every gardener is having to re-assess not only how they garden but how they spend their money. Even the most experienced gardeners crave a thriftier way to garden […]
Mark Lane’s new book The Future of Gardens was published in May 2025. What is a garden? A window box on a balcony? A community vegetable patch? Or a whole field of wildflowers? The answer is: all of these, and more… In The Future of Gardens, designer and broadcaster Mark Lane makes the case for […]
Early in 2025, Mark became an Ambassador for the National Trust, along with George Clark, Alice Loxton, Professor Mary Beard, David Olusoga, to name just a few. More information can be found on the National Trust website, by following this link: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/about-us/our-ambassadors Mark says: ” As an art historian, garden designer, gardener, garden historian, disability […]
Mark Lane Designs Ltd has won another award, the BUILD Excellence Award for Bespoke Garden Design, 2024. Mark Lane says: “It is a privilege to win this award. The team work very hard to design and create the best gardens possible. We love what we do and being able to leave a lasting legacy for […]
Mark Lane, Managing Director and principal designer at Mark Lane Designs Ltd, is awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent, 2022 for his contribution to media and horticulture and garden design. Mark says: “Being awarded this Doctorate has completely come out of the blue. I was not expecting it. I would like to […]
Mark Lane Designs Ltd win the title of Best Landscape Architecture Firm 2023 – UK in the Construction & Engineering Awards 2023. Mark responded to the wonderful news about Mark Lane Designs Ltd winning this award by saying: It has been a busy year, so far, especially with the RHS-BBC Morning Live Budget-friendly Feature Garden […]
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. Mark says: With the cost-of-living crisis and many of us having difficulties paying bills and paying for food, […]
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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 have […]
Mark from Mark Lane Designs Ltd was over the moon to receive this award: The last 2 years have been difficult for everyone. Fortunately, we have been able to continue working, designing new gardens both large and small and bringing joy at a time when we all need something good to look forward to. Residential […]
Yet another award for Mark Lane Designs Ltd. The Real Estate and Property Awards votes Mark Lane Designs Ltd Best Residential Landscape Design Practice (UK) 2021 Mark says: Thank you for this award. The practice has won 7 awards throughout 2021 and this really highlights the team’s dedication, innovation and determination in the residential garden […]
Mark Lane Designs Ltd voted “Best International Garden & Landscape Design Firm (UK) 2021” Dean Taylor (Awards Executive – BUILD Review) says: This award symbolises the hard work, dedication, and effort that you have applied throughout the challenges faced amid a global pandemic!
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 – Mark […]
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 Complete […]
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 a […]
Innovation & Excellence Award 2021 Goes to Mark Lane Designs Ltd Mark Lane, Managing Director, says: We are very proud to receive this award. This is for everyone involved with Mark Lane Designs Ltd, including contractors, subcontractors and suppliers. We have been very fortunate to have won a series of awards this year, and the […]
Best Garden and Landscape Design Practice 2021 by Home & Garden We are incredibly happy for winning the Best Garden and Landscape Design Practice 2021 by Home & Garden. The Selection Process At BUILD, their extensive research, submissions and judging process is driven 100% by merit, meaning that awardees must demonstrate expertise within a given […]
Millions of ITV viewers are getting a flower-powered telly treat during January with an important underlying message, thanks to a unique collaboration between broadcaster and garden/landscape designer Mark Lane, and collage artist Sharon Walters. In an ITV-first, two creatives from different industries have been chosen to craft the logo ident shown between programmes on the […]
“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 Landscape […]
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 move […]
Mark joins BBC 1 Morning Live as the gardening expert. Joining Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones, Mark will give handy tips on BBC 1 Morning Live on gardening, how to use household goods and equipment with either no cost or very little cost to viewers. Lockdown and closures across the UK have meant that more […]
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
Following Mark’s interview with Kim Stoddart for Garden Organic’s magazine, Mark is being interviewed by the team at Organic Gardening Podcast, to chat about gardening, organic principles, his new book Royal Garden of the World, and much more.
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. I have had […]
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, Mark […]
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 planting a new border. Perhaps a new vibrant pot display or […]
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: how […]
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 of […]
Corporate LiveWire Innovation& Excellence Awards 2020. Most Innovative Garden & Landscape Design Company. During the awards process they invited over 90,000 businesses and corporate professionals, magazine contributors and our subscribers to nominate companies & individuals based on factors such as service, innovation, experience, sustainability and other areas. Additionally, their research team have put forward a […]
Mark was approached by the Chinese Television Network to do a short documentary about his life and work as the first garden and landscape designer in a wheelchair. Follow Mark around his garden in early Spring as he talks about his early life, his car crash, and his decision to become a garden and landscape […]
Mark appeared at BBC Gardeners’ World Live this week, meeting fans and answering questions at the Woodland trust “A Tree for every Garden” sessions and on the BBC Gardeners World Magazine stand. Mark was also interviewed by Jim Buttress. see pictures below.
Watch the video here Here are a few of the photographs that Chaz took, he is a truly gifted photographer Click here to see Chaz’s website.
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 […]
Mark to hold a new Leonard Cheshire “Can-Do” project in Essex tomorrow
He has today become an Ambassador for Leonard Cheshire
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.
Mark Lane appears in an advert for Carbon Blacks new wheelchair the “CBII” along with Paralympian Kadeena Cox MBE. The Carbon Black II is an all carbon fiber framed wheelchair. I can take it apart and put it together really easily to put it in the car. It is Sleek, stylish, ergonomic, lightweight and a […]
Mark Lane explains in a simple to follow video sizing guide how to measure yourself to get your new Carbon Black 2 wheelchair made to the correct size. Mark shows how to measure your upper (hip to back of knee) and lower (back of knee to heel taking into account the depth of your cushion) […]
I am delighted to have been awarded the ‘One to Watch in the UK, 2019’ by BUILD magazine.
Thrive’s story started in 1979 when Blankety Blank and Worzel Gummidge were on our TV screens but a lot has changed since then. Our Ambassador and Gardeners’ World presenter Mark Lane kicks-off our anniversary year with a look ahead to what’s coming up and an appreciation of what you’ve helped us achieve. Read Mark’s blog
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 was delighted to be interviewed by Sandy, the reckless gardener, Click here to read the interview…
Mark was asked by Yahoo! to write an article on getting your garden ready for winter. Please follow this link https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/heres-put-garden-bed-winter-121237213.html?guccounter=1 Excerpt below: Simple Winter Gardening Tips With November just around the corner, there is still plenty to do in the garden (weather permitting). If you are a first-time gardener or an experienced gardener it […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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-health-benefits/
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.
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, […]
We hope you enjoyed the cottage garden piece in tonight’s episode. If you are keen on or absolutely love this style then share your photos with Mark.
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……
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.
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 […]
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.
Mark presents for the BBC at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018. Focusing on plants, forcing and keeping back, to revealing plant of the year, as well as interviews with growers and designers, Mark shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for the horticultural event of the year.
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 […]
Mark Lane Designs ® and the logo are now Registered Trade Marks
Mark Lane Designs has become a silver member of House & Garden’s prestigious ‘The List’. Visit http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/the-list/profile/mark-lane-designs/ With a gross brand reach of 8 million, including 170,000 Twitter followers, 83,000 Pinterest pages, Mark Lane Designs is delighted to become a member. The online directory has been a great success, so House & Garden have been able […]
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 […]
Watch the following clip on Twitter and see Mark’s excitement (towards the end) for 2018 on BBC Gardeners’ World, as well as a teaser of what he will be covering this year: https://twitter.com/GWmag/status/969580367438073857?s=09
Mark and the team are featured in the March edition of the Radio Times. If you have questions about gardening then visit the site: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-02-08/submit-your-questions-for-the-gardeners-world-presenting-team/
See Mark on the front cover of the March edition of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, as well as photos of Mark and the other presenters, including Monty Don and Nigel and Nellie, during the time spent photographing the gatefold cover. Watch a colourful film of the making of the cover. The behind the scenes video […]
A community garden in Whitechapel has grabbed the attention of Gardener’s World presenter Mark Lane. The new garden and plant nursery was set up by Core Landscapes, a project working to improve mental health and wellbeing through horticulture. Mark trained as a garden designer and established his own business after a car crash saw him […]
Evening Standard, Thursday 8 February 2018
The new magazine of Manchester City Disabled Supporters Association, Access 4 Blues, has just been published showcasing Mark’s work, as well as his passion for showing how the word ‘ability’ in disability can be used in a positive way. Designing gardens for people with limited mobility and varying levels of ability, both physically and mentally can sometimes […]
The Garden Media Guild is an association that brings together professional garden writers, authors, photographers, broadcasters, editors, lecturers and allied trades. The Garden Media Guild’s aims are to raise the quality of garden writing, photography and broadcasting, and to keep our members up-to-date with events in the world of gardening and horticulture. http://www.gardenmediaguild.co.uk. As a BBC gardening […]
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 […]
On a very cold December day, Mark visited the wonderful meaningful garden in Whitechapel, run by Core Landscapes. This is a fully transportable garden, with plants growing in pots, shipping containers for storage and two large polytunnels. The visitors and regular users of the garden are all local and tend for the plants under the […]
On a chilly December morning, Mark met with Steven Walley, Managing Director, at London Stone’s depot to be shown the process and the laser cutting machinery. Mark also met with the rest of the team, and has many ideas for working together on some of Mark’s projects.
Mark, who has redesigned the garden at Pilgrims Hospices, Canterbury, was invited to meet up with the stonemasons from Canterbury Cathedral to start thinking about a creative piece that will be added to the new Pilgrims Hospices in 4 years’ time. The piece will form part of the International Stonemasons Symposium, which is being held […]
As an Ambassador for Greenfingers, Mark made a short film on their behalf to raise money from buywholefoods online. 10% of every purchase made through www.buywholefoodsonline.com went to Greenfingers charity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtwypxAlcYM&app=desktop (Mark appears from 2 mins, onwards)
Mark met up with some new and existing suppliers to talk through new projects and new materials on the market. Mark was also invited by Pro Landscaper magazine to the Gala evening dinner.
Mark hosts the evening in London to celebrate the Groundwork Community Awards 2017.
Mark will be hosting the Groundwork Community Awards 2017 in London on 2 November 2017. An evening to celebrate the amazing work of community groups and individuals in making where they live better places for everyone.
Mark Lane, Greenfingers Ambassador, will be at (represented by a colleague) the Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner on 2 November 2017 at the Royal Air Force Club, Mayfair, London.
Read Mark’s interview and top 10 tips for gardening for all abilities in the September issue of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine.
Mark attends the Warner Edwards launch of Honeybee gin, in collaboration with the RHS at Fortnum and Masons, London. Tastes, cocktails, botanicals and an impressive cake made from the botanicals found in the gin and great company, from Jo Whiley to Lucy Hall and Matthew Pottage.
Mark gives a presentation at The Landscape Show in London, UK, entitled ‘Mindfulness and the Role of the Landscape Designer’.
Mark will be giving a presentation at The Landscape Show on 19 September 2017, entitled: Pilgrims Hospices: Mindfulness and the Role of the Landscape Designer.
Mark becomes a new Ambassador for Greenfingers, the national charity dedicated to supporting children who spend time in hospices, by creating inspiring gardens and outdoor spaces for them to benefit from. http://www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk
Mark, 47, was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, while Flo, 51, is the show’s first black presenter. Tt’s a dream come true for me,’ says Mark. ‘I’ve always loved the show and never believed I could one day be on it. There are quite a lot of logistics involved – we have […]
Two New Roles for Mark Lane Recently revealed as an ambassador for the horticultural charities Thrive and Groundwork, Mark Lane spoke to Pro Landscaper about why he took on the roles Mark Lane has been announced as an ambassador for the disability charity Thrive, and for the environmental community charity Groundwork. Mark became involved with […]
Made to Measure Garden designer, TV presenter and writer, Mark Lane talks us through his love of the outdoors For those that don’t know, how did you get into gardening? Both sets of my grandparents were very keen gardeners. My paternal grandparents had a large garden and I would spend hours following my grandfather around. […]
Mark Lane on health, happiness and horticulture and becoming the UK’s first wheelchair garden designer. LIFE rarely goes in a straight path, but Mark Lane’s certainly changed direction forever when a diagnosis of spina-bifida, followed by surgery and then almost immediately a car crash, put him in a wheelchair. That was 15 years ago and […]
Made to Measure Garden designer, TV presenter and writer, Mark Lane talks us through his love of the outdoors For those that don’t know, how did you get into gardening? Both sets of my grandparents were very keen gardeners. My paternal grandparents had a large garden and I would spend hours following my grandfather around. […]
Mark becomes the first Health, Wellbeing and Community Ambassador for Groundwork the environmental community charity. Speaking about his decision to become an ambassaor for Groundwork, Mark said: “I am both delighted and truly honoured to be Groundwork’s first Ambassador. Parks, recreation grounds, open spaces and greener landscapes are the breathing green lung of the UK. They have […]
Mark has just become the new Ambassador for Thrive, the national charity which uses gardening to change lives. Mark said: “I am so proud to be Thrive’s new Ambassador. Gardening and garden design changed my life, without them I certainly would be a different person today. Horticulture and horticultural therapy are wonderful tools for improving both body […]
Mark has been awarded Best of Houzz 2017 for ‘Service’.
Phase 1 of Pilgrims Hospices was opened by the mayor of Canterbury today (a couple of photographs are in Portfolio). This was made possible by funding from Tesco Groundwork, donations and fundraising by Pilgrims Hospices.
Read about Mark in Landscape & Urban Design in the January 2017 edition.
Mark is proud to be associated with Enham Trust, the disability charity working with over 8,500 people each year http://www.enhamtrust.org.uk
Mark is proud to be associated with Thrive, the national chairty using gardening to change lives http://www.thrive.org.uk
Mark Says “I was interested in gardening from a young age and It’s been a life-long ambition to appear on Gardeners’ World. I am a published gardening writer and proud to be the UK’s first wheelchair-bound TV gardening presenter.”
Read about Mark and watch a short video about his own newly created contemporary wildlife garden, in an interview with Jacksons Fencing: https://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/News/fantastic-fencing/jakoustic-fencing-makes-new-seating-area-possible-6665.aspx?agid=1018&utm_source=sagittarius-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EML:20160929-163235-6667&utm_term=&utm_content=EMAILJAKOUSTIC16, as well as an in-depth interview: https://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/News/customer-projects/garden-designer-mark-lanes-own-contemporary-wild-garden-project-6656.aspx
Mark presents from his own garden in tonight’s episode of BBC Gardeners’ World.
Read about Mark on Jacksons Fencing website: https://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/News/customer-projects/garden-designer-mark-lanes-own-contemporary-wild-garden-project-6656.aspx
Mark has been awarded the Houzz Recommended badge for top-rated professionals on the Houzz community.
Watch Mark presenting for the BBC at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 and RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2016.
When I have been at my desk all day or out on site in clients’ gardens, I love coming back to my own garden. It’s a wonderful cliche, but I eat, live, sleep and dream about plants. Our 1960s bungalow, which we moved to eight years ago, is set in the centre of the plot, […]
Read Mark’s article in the June 2016 edition of the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) magazine The Garden, entitled “Seats for all at the garden table”.
Read Mark’s article in The Guardian magazine on 14 May 2016, for the feature How Does Your Garden Grow?
“Should gardening be accessible for all?” [Extract] The answer is simple – yes! Yet, why don’t we see more gardens designed by the physically disabled, the young, the elderly, people with learning difficulties – in fact, anyone who has a passion for gardnening? …
Mark has been awarded the Houzz Influencer Badge for advice most appreciated by the Houzz community.
Look out for a possible in-depth article on Mark and his beautiful, wheelchair-friendly, multi-roomed garden in Gardeners’ World magazine 2016/17.