Biography

 

Carson Arthur started his television career as a behind-the-scenes prop coordinator for a national garden call-in show.  Very quickly, Carson turned an opportunity to host his own show into a landscape design staple.  With international coverage, Carson has become a voice of environmentally friendly landscape design on a global scale.  By addressing outdoor challenges with a keen sense of style and a passion for eco-consciousness, Carson continues to reinvent the definition of gardening.   With his first series, Room To Grow, Carson created inspired outdoor spaces for homeowners and taught a generation of viewers how to increase their own living spaces by expanding outside.  Following on the heels of his first success, Green Force provided Carson with the opportunity to take on some of the largest challenges associated with urban living.  Carson and his team travel throughout a large urban center and tackle some of the most depressing, under-utilized, and forgotten spaces around us turning them into parks and beautiful art installations while using environmentally friendly techniques and products.

 

Carson takes pride in where he lives and what he does.  As the spokesperson for both the Canadian Diabetes Association and for BluePlanet Environmentals, Carson has made the most of his television career to date by being active in helping to develop a better understanding of green living within a social context.  When not in the dirt; building, planting or creating, Carson keeps himself busy with his own lines of patio furniture and gardening tools and as the principle designer for Carson Arthur Designs.

 

Television Credits

 

HGTV, Green Force, Host – 26 episodes

Global Television & Discovery Network, Room To Grow, Host – 65 Episodes

Global Television, ET Canada, Segment Guest          

             Earth Day 2008, Carson’s Home Tour

             May 2008, Roz’s Backyard Makeover

“W” Network, Get Growing with Ken Beattie, Production Assistant

 

Feature Speaking

 

National Homeshow, 2007 & 2009

Regina Homeshow, 2009

Canada Blooms, 2005, 06, 07, 08

Metroland Homeshow, 2006, 2007

Edmonton Canadian Tire Convention, Special Guest, 2007

Medicine Hat Homeshow, 2006

Canadian Diabetes Association

National Radio and Television PSA, 2006, 2007, 2008

National Convention Host 2006

 

Books and Magazines – Author

 

Garden Designs for Outdoor Living, CanWest publications

Sold through Chapters and Home Depot, 2006, 2007

National Post, Gardening Tips, May 17 2008

Canadian Gardening, True Confessions, 2006

Renovation And Décor Magazine

Front yard fab, 2005

Hit the Deck, 2006

Style At Home, Biography of a Designer, 2009

 

Articles and Features – Subject

 

National Post, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Our Green Home, Cover, January 2009

Tribute Magazine, Going Green, 2008

Obviously.ca, Celebs and the Environment, 2008

Toronto Star, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Globe and Mail – Your Home, Cover story and 3 page article, July 1 2006

Style at Home, 2005, 2006, 2007

Ottawa Citizen, Green Makeover, 2006

Calgary Sun, Olympic Yard Work, 2005

TV Guide 2009.

Vancouver Sun, Never so Green, 2005

 

 

Additional Media Coverage

 

2008 — successful launch of Carson Arthur Patio, Home Depot Canada

 

2005 – Gemini Nominate – Fan’s Choice Award

* Other Nominates in this Category

Marilyn Denis – Winner

Ben Mulroney

Debbie Travis

Mike Holmes

Jeffery Fischer

Tammy Schnurr

Carson Arthur

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