Schaumburg Community Garden Club Monthly Meeting

Name: Schaumburg Community Garden Club Monthly Meeting
Start: 2024-10-09T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 1111 E Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL, United States, Illinois 60194

Schedule

Wed Oct 09 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1111 E Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL, United States, Illinois 60194 | Schaumburg, IL

Mark Lyons, author of "The Garden Troubadour"
Meet Mark Lyons at our monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 9th. The business meeting starts promptly at 7:00 pm. Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E Schaumburg Rd, Schaumburg. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Mark’s topic this evening is: “Post Harvest Activities for a Productive Garden Next Year.”
Mark Lyons has been an avid vegetable gardener ever since childhood. He got his start helping his parents grow their vegetable garden, an activity in which he eagerly participated while growing up in Arlington Heights, Illinois. After high school, Mark attended the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he took courses in biology, botany, biochemistry, agricultural economics, and home vegetable gardening, and received a BS in Agriculture. He then went on to graduate school at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, where he received his MS degree in Agriculture.
After graduate school, Mark worked for eleven years for the Continental Grain Company as a project leader. He then switched careers and spent another six years as a strategic consultant and market researcher for Technomic, Inc., the premiere consulting company for the foodservice industry. At Technomic, Mark rose through the ranks to become a manager and developed the knowledge, and the skills needed to start his own business.
In 1988, Mark took over the operation of his parents’ vegetable garden and spent the next several years cultivating and harvesting substantial amounts of tomatoes and cucumbers. In 2003, Mark began developing vegetable gardens for friends and family. His success in these endeavors, fueled by his love of gardening and his strategic consulting skills, led Mark to launch Green Thumb at Your Service.