Maria Cinque has shared her gardening expertise with viewers from most television and radio stations in the metropolitan area as well as nationally.   Maria Cinque has received 12 AT&T Communication Awards for her work in TV, Radio and Print.  In addition, RJ Reynolds honored her with a Communications Award, as did the Garden Writers Association when they presented her with the Quill & Trowel Award.  She also hosted and produced TV segments that contributed to an ACE Award.  Maria is co-author of the popular gardening book Best Garden Plants for New York State.

Maria Cinque has an Associates Degree from Farmingdale State University of New York and Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Plant Pathology/Horticulture from the University of Georgia. For more than two decades, she was a Turf/Horticulture Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension. At Cornell, she conducted field research on turf and many ornamental plants.

Maria's column, In The Garden in Newsday's This Week's Pennysaver, reaches more than one million Long Islanders each week. She also writes a column for the Landscaper.  Maria has written gardening columns for Newsday, Optimum Online and Distinction Magazine. Her byline has appeared in the New York Times.

Maria has written thousands of articles, leaflets and other publications as well as gardening articles for internet informational outlets.

Maria Cinque has a faithful following of television viewers and radio listeners. She's a recurrent guest on CBS 2 News Sunday Morning and has been a frequent guest on News 12 Long Island. She also hosts In The Garden with Maria Cinque on WLIE Radio 540 AM -  Long Island's only talk radio station.

She has appeared on many national, network and local television shows, some of which include: CBS Morning News (televised nationally - interviewed by Diane Sawyer and Bill Kurtis on numerous occasions), CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, ABC Eyewitness News, FOX 5 News, FOX 5  Good Day New York, WLNY-TV55, WLIW-21 and Long Island News Tonight. For many years, Maria Cinque was the garden expert on Telecare's TV Talk Show On Long Island and on Cornell Cooperative Extension News - a cable magazine show.

As for radio, Maria has frequented the WOR Garden Hotline with Ralph Snodsmith (nationally syndicated) many times and she has also been a guest on WABC, WCBS, B-103, KJOY, WDRE, WALK, WBAB, and WBLI radio stations. For seven years, Maria hosted WHLI On Landscaping and Gardening.

To contact Maria Cinque to appear on your show, e-mail mariacinque@optonline.net or call at 631-842-1009.