Mark Lane, Stannah’s Gardening Expert, multitalented gardening expert and author, he’s widely known for presenting BBC Morning Live and BBC Gardener’s World. His career took an unexpected turn when following a car accident in 2001 and a lengthy rehabilitation, Mark who has always loved gardening, sets up his own garden design business.

The rest is history, with lots of passion and determination, Mark has earned many awards, including the ‘first garden designer in a wheelchair’ and he’s the first disabled presenter in the UK to join the famed BBC Gardeners' World team. Not only that, you could also find Mark presenting various tv gardening shows and for this year’s Hampton Court Flower Show, Mark is working to create a Feature Garden.

Mark Lane has been Stannah’s gardening expert since 2020. He has written various articles and blogs, and he’s providing us with useful tricks and tips on various gardening topics such as garden accessibility and seasonal trends.

With our products and services, we don’t only aim to improve accessibility around your house but also help you to keep enjoying doing the things you love. And we’re confident that gardening is a hobby that many enjoy. Within the Stannah blog platform, Mark Lane explains  his deeply knowledgeable articles,

We believe that everyone, regardless of age or ability level, can enjoy the benefits of gardening, and in collaboration with Mark, we share all those tips to the different ways to enjoy your garden and enhance your gardening techniques. Planting and cultivation have positive effects and provide many health benefits to our physical and emotional health, stimulating the senses, enhancing well-being and of course improving mobility, flexibility and strength. And as Mark confides “As soon as I go outside my shoulders drop, my breathing slows down and I very quickly get distracted by the plants, flowers, colours and textures”.

Check out Mark’s posts and discover useful gardening tips and trends.