Mark Shelby served as the Urban Horticulture Extension Agent for the University of Florida/IFAS Extension Service in Sarasota County for over seven years.  As an Extension Agent, Mark trained the Florida Master Gardeners and expanded the Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program in Sarasota County.  Mark has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and a Master of Science Degree in Horticultural Science.  Both degrees were earned at the University of Florida.

Prior to working for UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension, Mark served in various management and staff capacities in landscape and agricultural professions throughout the Southeast.  In October of 2004, Mark joined the former Bella Bell Design Group team as General Manager and later became an owner in the company.  At that time they changed their doing business as name to Bella Terra.  Following our purchase of Bella Bell, Mark now serves as President and General Manager of Bella Terra.  You can email Mark at mshelby@bellaterrausa.com.

Barbara Shelby is a former middle school and high school science teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture from the University of Florida.  She serves as Vice President of the company and assists in management and marketing.

Other staff include Dwayne Peppers and Nathan Lindsey as our most valuable and contributing members of our crew team.  Michael Buck handles sales and can be contacted at sales@bellaterrausa.com.