Theme Parks Horticulture Manager, Landscape Designer, Beekeeper

38+ years of landscape design, installation and leadership experience in U.S. and Canadian theme parks, including three years at an educational farm in northeastern Ohio

Mark Russell is Manager of Landscape Horticulture at Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort. Mark serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Wildflower Foundation. He studied psychology at Kent State University and horticulture at The Ohio State University. He led horticulture teams at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks in Cleveland, Orlando, and Tampa, and provided landscape design for Six Flags parks in Montreal and New Orleans. He spent two years with Cherrylake Inc. working exclusively with Florida native plants Mark is an avid beekeeper of 28 years and designs landscapes that support pollinators and revive our native Florida ecosystems.