Mark Turner

Mark Turner (1954- ) began learning photography as a kid in rural central West Virginia, studied at Rochester Institute of Technology, and has been in business as a photographer for 30 years in Bellingham, Washington. He's a self-taught botanist who has been learning about wild and garden plants since a 4th grade 4-H project. His first book, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, won an American Horticultural Society book award in 2007. Bellingham Impressions (now out of print), book #2, showcases his adopted hometown and the surrounding area. Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest was published by Timber Press in 2014 and Weeds of the Pacific Northwest, won a GardenComm Gold Laurel Award for photography in 2025, was published in 2024, also by Timber Press.