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

Highlights From the Winter Shows

Jennifer Polanz & Chris Beytes

What we saw that caught our eye at the first industry events of the year.

In Memoriam: Gordie Bailey

Gordon “Gordie” Bailey, Jr., one of the third-generation leaders of well-known Bailey Nurseries in Minnesota, passed away January 29 at his home in Newport, Minnesota, at the age of 90 after a 70-year career with the family business.

In Memoriam: Ludwig Kientzler

A pioneer of international floriculture and the vegetative plant market, Ludwig Kientzler—third-generation patriarch of his family’s business, Kientzler Young Plants—passed away January 4 at the age of 79.

Marshall Dirks Retires From Proven Winners

Marshall Dirks, who for 27 years has been one of the most aggressive and innovative plant marketers in the business, has retired from Proven Winners.

Commercial Greenhouses: A History

At the Westlands Museum in Honselersdijk, in the heart of the Dutch greenhouse industry, you can walk up and touch the history of the modern commercial greenhouse.

Deliver magic and you’ll always be in demand.

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.

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