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Chris Beytes

Chris Beytes Editor

Editor of GrowerTalks, Green Profit magazine and the Acres Online e-newsletter, Chris has been in horticulture for over 30 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 horticulture. He also had a minor in Journalism, so 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 for 25 years now and only thinks about retirement once in a while.  

Recent Articles

Features
Inside/Outside
Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko
The last of our extensive coverage from the California Spring Trials brings you the most colorful plants for pot and patio.
Features
Head-Turning, Show-Stopping Products
Chris Beytes, Jennifer Polanz & Ellen C. Wells
Check out these new finds that made us stop and say “Tell me more” on the show floor at this year’s Cultivate’23 in Columbus, Ohio.
Acres & Acres
Not Customer Service—Hospitality
Chris Beytes
I’ve long felt customer service is the one easiest (and hardest) place you can make your business stand out from the crowd.
Features
A Good Vibe
Chris Beytes, Jennifer Zurko, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Polanz
The mood was good and the new products were plenty at Cultivate’23. Here are some highlights.
GT in Brief
New Joint Guide for IPM in New York, New England
Chris Beytes
A perk of signing up for this fall’s Northeast Greenhouse Conference & Expo is the chance to pick up a copy of the new New York and New England Management Guidelines for Greenhouse Floriculture and Herbaceous Ornamentals.
Features
New Edibles for Your Customers’ Harvests
Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko
Part 2 of our California Spring Trials coverage is on the new veggie and herb varieties we saw (and tasted, of course).
Acres & Acres
Employees: Blessing or Curse?
Chris Beytes
Perhaps looking at your people as a blessing rather than a curse is a first step toward creating a culture that attracts better people.
Features
CAST Highlights: Perennials
Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins, Paul Pilon & Jennifer Zurko
Part 2 of our extended coverage of the California Spring Trials is all about perennial plants and the specific Hardiness Zones attached to them.
GT in Brief
Canadian Orchid Grower Gets MPS-ABC Certificate
Chris Beytes
And not just any MPS-ABC certificate, but the first one issued to a Canadian orchid grower!
GT in Brief
Stuppy Celebrates 150 Years
Chris Beytes
Stuppy was founded as Stuppy Floral Inc. in 1873 by Laurence Justinian (L.J.) Stuppy in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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