About Marjorie
Marjorie Harris is considered one of Canada's leading garden writers. She has a garden column in Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; makes speeches across the country; is Editor-in-Chief of Gardening Life magazine. Born in Shaunovon, Saskatchewan back in the mists of time, she was educated from Goose Bay Labrador to Vancouver B. C. and graduated in Hon. Eng. from McMaster university.
| 1966-71 | Staff writer and senior editor Maclean's Magazine, regular guest commentator on Gerussi! (CBC radio). |
| 1971-73 | Freelance writing for all major Canadian magazines including: Saturday Night, Chatelaine, Weekend, The Canadian, Artscanada, Quest, Toronto Life. Subjects ranged from design, art, feminism, politics and consumerism; writing and producing documentaries for CBC radio. Regular guest on This Country in the Morning (Peter Gzowski) CBC radio. |
| 1973-77 | Associate Editor Chatelaine . Produced radio documentaries for CBC including interviewing, writing scripts and production. |
| 1978 | Writer-editor, Toronto Star. Biweekly columnist for The Canadian |
| 1979-84 | Articles published in all magazines mentioned above plus Chatelaine and Flare. Biweekly column in The Canadian (Cityspan section). Co-editor with Anna Porter on Farewell to the Seventies; writer of Toronto: City of Neighborhoods. |
| 1984-86 | Sciencescape, co-author with Dr. David Suzuki; photo editor Times to Remember; magazine articles in Financial Post Magazine, Successful Executive, Toronto Life, Toronto Star. |
| 1987 | Everyday Law: A Survival Guide for Canadians co-author with Jack Batten; magazine articles in Physician's Guide, Applied Arts Quarterly; Toronto Life. |
| 1988 | Gardening articles in Toronto Star, Toronto Life magazine; regular on Metro Morning as The Urban Gardener; regular garden columnist Chatelaine. |
| 1989 | Report on Business Magazine; Toronto Life; garden book reviews in The Toronto Star; guest appearances on CBC's Metro Morning and Morningside. |
| 1990 | The Canadian Gardener A Guide to Gardening in Canada, Random House; magazine pieces in Report on business Magazine, Toronto Life, Canadian Gardening; garden featured in City and Country Home. Gardening items on CBC's Morningside. |
| 1991 | Ecological Gardening Your Path to a Healthy Garden, Random House; Better House and Planet, Ecological household hints, Key Porter. Magazine pieces for Canadian Gardening, Toronto Life. National garden columnist for The Globe & Mail. Speeches include The Garden Club of Toronto; Civic Garden Centre |
| 1992 | The Canadian Gardener's Year published in September; member of the Board of The Civic Garden Centre. Regular garden commentator on CBC's Radio Noon Phone In; and Gabereau!. National Gardening columnist The Globe & Mail |
| 1993 | The Canadian Gardener's Guide to Foliage & Garden Design published by Random House in September 1993. National gardening columnist, The Globe & Mail; Radio Noon & Gabereau; Canadian Gardener. Member of the the Board of The Civic Garden Centre |
| 1994 | Publication of Marjorie Harris' Favorite Garden Tips, and Marjorie Harris Favorite Shade Plants; Favorite Perennials; Favorite Annuals and Favorite Flowering Shrubs published by HarperCollins.. |
| 1995 | Articles in Chatelaine Gardens!, The Globe & Mail. In the Garden: thoughts on changing seasons published by HarperCollins, September. |
| 1996 | The Healing Garden published by HarperCollins in May; revised edition of Ecological Gardening and in paperback Four-Season Gardening (formerly Foliage & Garden Design); co-Editor, Toronto Life GARDENS premiered in April, |
| 1996 | Regular Garden Columnist The Globe & Mail. |
| 1997 | Editor-in-Chief Gardening Life magazine. |
| 1998 | Editor-in-Chief Gardening Life; Guest speaker and Honourary Patron, Canada Blooms. Books: Pocket Gardening: A Guide to Gardening in Impossible Places published by HarperCollins in February. Board of Princes Margaret Hospital Gardens of Inspiration Tour. |
| 1999 | Editor-in-Chief Gardening Life; publication of Seasons of My Garden, HarperCollins; Patron: Civic Garden Centre. |
| 2000 | Editor-in-Chief Gardening Life; Season of My Garden published in paperback; columnist Globe and Mail. |
| 2001 | Editor-in Chief, Gardening Life; columnist Globe and Mail. |
| 2002 | Editor-in-Chief Gardening Life magazine; columnist Globe and Mail; Speeches at Canada Blooms, Victoria and Toronto. Completed Botanica North America: rediscovering native plants; revised Favorite Garden Tips and Pocket Gardening all to be published in 2003. |
| 2003 | Editor-in-Chief Gardening Life magazine. |
If you'd like to read a more personal article about her life, click here for a profile written by Ron Graham which was published a few years ago in Toronto Life magazine. It's long and intimate.
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