Gardening is greener than ever as more Canadians want to go--and grow--organic. In The Canadian Garden Primer, his 18th book, garden guru Mark Cullen draws on his extensive personal experience to offer an easy-to-understand, comprehensive guide to designing and creating organic gardens of every size and kind, including suburban back yards, city plots, northern gardens and vegetable patches. He outlines how to guarantee gardening success in detailed chapters about soil-building, watering, mulching and other techniques. And he tells you what plants--especially native plants--work where, and how to grow them properly. Chock full of information and anecdotes, and illustrated with more than 400 full-colour photographs, The Canadian Garden Primer is an indispensable book for organic gardeners of every stripe from coast to coast of our great country. Whether you are a neophyte or an expert, you'll find a helping hand and plenty of down-to-earth advice from one of Canada's favourite gardeners. As Mark is fond of saying, ''Keep your knees dirty!''

Mark Cullen is the president of Mark's Choice Ltd., a horticultural communications and marketing agency. He is also the spokesperson and horticultural consultant to Home Hardware Canada and spokesperson for Premiertech Home and Garden. Member, Order of Canada, and a volunteer spokesperson for SHARE Agricultural Foundation, Canada Blooms, and founding chair of Highway of Heroes Living Tribute (with a goal of planting 117,000 trees on the Highway of Heroes to honour Canada's fallen). As a garden communicator, Mark reaches over 2 million Canadians every week, with a familiar and recognizable style, delivering a message that is compelling, fun, informative, inspirational, and based on sustainable gardening. A bestselling author of over 500,000 books in Canada, Mark has written over 20 books, including his most recent, The New Canadian Garden. Visit markcullen.com.

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