Mark Germain

Mark is a 1987 graduate of University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Stockbridge School of Agriculture with an associate degree in Landscape Operations, and a 1989 graduate of UMass Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture and Landscape design. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity and a past chapter president.

Raised in Chester, Vermont on a dairy farm, the outdoors became a big part of who he is. He still resides in Chester, VT with his wife Wendi where he started his landscaping business, Creative Contours, in 1996. Mark has been an advisory board member for the Horticulture Program at the local Vocational Technical Education Center High School since 2010 and joined the Crockett Victory Garden Foundation in 2020.