marklyons@ymail.comWHO I AM■ Proficient home 🏠 vegetable 🍅🥕🥒gardener, skilled cheese maker, and successful mushroom 🍄 grower■ Skilled garden coach with zeal to educate, inspire, and motivate budding vegetable gardeners■ Experienced workshop leader and classroom instructor 👨‍🏫 with clear command of the written and spoken word■ Accomplished musician 🎸and singer with unique songs and an offbeat sense of humorHOW I ADD VALUE■ Provide knowledge, support, and coaching in the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of vegetable 🍅🥕🥒 gardens large and small■ Deliver enthusiastic and entertaining home 🏠 and classroom instruction on vegetable gardening, harvest preservation, cheese making and mushroom 🍄 growing■ Entertain audiences with a high-energy show that leaves songs 🎶 in hearts and laughter 😂 in belliesWHAT I’M SEEKING■ Local businesses interested in developing company vegetable gardens to build camaraderie, promote healthy eating and exercise, and lower healthcare costs among their employees■ Houses of worship interested in creating vegetable gardens as a way to build stronger ties within their congregation and community and provide a source of good nutrition for their congregation, food pantries, or other community service organizations■ Individuals and families who desire assistance and coaching in planting and cultivating their own vegetable gardens■ Nurseries, garden clubs, primary and secondary schools, home schooling co-ops, private schools, colleges, and others interested in a guest presenter on vegetable gardening■ Community education programs interested in adding gardening and cheese making programs to their roster of continuing education classes■ Individuals and organizations looking to liven up a party, meeting, or other event with music, comedy, and other assorted funSPECIALTIES■ Vegetable gardening■ Home cheese making■ Mushroom growing■ Training, mentoring, coaching, consulting, and leadership■ Classroom and workshop instruction■ In-home classes and workshops■ Musical entertainment■ Children's music■ Family entertainment■ SAP Data Steward