Mark Lane’s biography reveals that he has led a remarkable life. He is extremely creative, productive and has a unique perspective on life, landscape design, gardening, architecture, art history and disability.
He has gained recognition as a first-class, multi-award-winning landscape designer, being the UK’s first garden designer in a wheelchair, as well as the first BBC gardening presenter in a wheelchair.
Author of Royal Gardens of the World (Kyle Books (Hachette UK)), 2020. Available to buy from Amazon
Author of The Future of Gardens, May 2025 (Melville House) Amazon
In 2021, Mark was nominated as Celebrity Of The Year at the National Diversity Awards. He was also named on The Shaw Trust’s Disability Power 100 List in 2023 of the UK’s most influential disabled people. In 2022, Mark was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent for his contributions to horticulture and media.
As a broadcaster, Mark is the gardening and plant expert on BBC One’s Morning Live, and he has presented for Gardeners’ World (BBC Two) and the BBC’s coverage of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Flower and Garden Shows, including Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace. Mark’s other credits include Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (ITV), Royal Homes (Channel 5), The Weakest Link (BBC One), Pointless Celebrities (BBC One) and Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One).
Mark has regular gardening columns in Grow Your Own magazine, the Daily Express and Waitrose Weekend magazine. He has also contributed to the Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Guardian, and Sunday Express, as well as House Beautiful, Country Living, Good Homes, Homes and Gardens, and BBC Gardeners’ World magazines.
Mark is an ambassador for the National Trust, Melanoma Fund, Thrive, the Gardening with Disabilities Trust and Groundwork. He also won Best Landscape Architecture Firm 2023, Landscape Designer Of The Year 2020 in the BUILD Architecture Awards and he was named Landscape Designer Of The Year 2020 by Global Corporate LiveWire. Mark is a member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) and a member of the Garden Media Guild.
Mark graduated from University College London with a BA (Hons) in Art History. He went on to become the Publishing Director for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Managing Editor for the leading international Arts publisher Thames & Hudson.
In 2000, Mark was in a car accident and had to have operations on his spine, which were complicated by his being born with spina bifida. Following a long rehabilitation period, Mark studied garden and landscape design through an open learning course at KLC, Hampton Court.
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