Mark Bowen

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Mark Bowen Co-founded Living Art Landscapes, a landscape design/build firm. He is also Co-founder of Houston's Christmas Tree Recycling Program- later adopted by the City of Houston.

Mark is Former vice president of environmental affairs for the Houston Audubon Society, Second president of Urban Harvest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting community gardening and ecological land use.

Mark is Author of many books including:"Habitat Gardening for Houston and Southeast Texas" by Riverbend Publishing, 1997, "Bayou Planting Guide" sponsored by the Bayou Preservation Association, 2003, "Naturalistic Landscaping for the Gulf Coast", Riverbend Publishing, 2003, Design Contributor to the book "Home Landscaping: Texas", Creative Homeowner Press, 2003, Coordinator of Rice University's "Growing Your Houston Garden" lecture series and presenter of the "Introduction to Natural Landscaping Series." Both lecture series are offered through Rice's continuing studies program. Mark was also Freelance contributing writer of the "In The Garden With Urban Harvest" column, which appears in the Houston Chronicle each Sunday.

Mark is Current advisory board member of the Bayou Preservation Association and Urban Harvest.