Columnist Chris Beytes

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Chris Beytes

Chris Beytes Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of GrowerTalks, Green Profit magazine and the Acres Online e-newsletter, Chris has been in horticulture for more than 40 years. He owned his own greenhouse - Indian River Ornamentals - in Merritt Island, Florida, after he graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism and a minor in horticulture. After he and his wife Laurie sold the greenhouse business, he started writing full-time, first for local publications in Florida and then moving to the Chicago area when he began writing for GrowerTalks. He's been with Ball Publishing since 1993 and only thinks about retirement once in a while.

Recent Articles

Metrolina, South Central Merge

Metrolina Greenhouses of North Carolina and South Central Growers of Tennessee have agreed to merge into one company.

What I’m Learning From Our YGA Winners

I’ve been working on a fun project this winter: a podcast featuring our Young Grower Award winners. I’m picking their brains on a range of topics and I wanted to share a few of their thoughts.

In Memoriam: Gary Mangum

It was a blow to many in the industry when they heard before Christmas that Gary Mangum, co-founder and former CEO of Bell Nursery in Maryland and a groundbreaker in the modern mass market plant business, passed away unexpectedly on December 15.

Cobots: Collaborating With Robots

Cobot. Shorthand for “collaborative robot.” We dug deeper to see what we could learn about the cobots’ origin, use and potential.

The Japanese term for finding the balance between doing what you love, doing what you’re good at, doing what the world needs and—ideally—doing what you can be paid for is what many of you find in your horticulture work.

Monrovia: Growers Who Really Know Retail

Occasionally, GrowerTalks like to reveal little-known details about the birth, growth or success of a well-known horticultural business. This month, Monrovia, celebrating 100 years in business and its connection to retail garden centers, California floodwaters and wartime rations.

Seed Your Future’s New Leadership

Seed Your Future, the industry non-profit created specifically to inspire tomorrow’s plant professionals, announced a new board president, board director and a fresh cohort of committee volunteers.

Congrats to ASCFG Founder Judy Laushman!

Judy Laushman, co-founder of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) and its executive director for 35 years, has been honored with the 2025 John H. Walker Award from the Society of American Florists.

Little Prince, Peace Tree Farm Partner in Licensing Agreement

Peace Tree Farm has signed a brand licensing agreement to grow Little Prince’s varieties of interesting ornamental plants.

Ken Fisher to Step Aside as AmericanHort Leader

After a decade of solid leadership, AmericanHort President & CEO Ken Fisher said he plans on stepping away from his role at the end of May 2026 in order to pursue new professional opportunities.

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