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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
Behind the Business: A Plain Black Wrapper
Chris Beytes
Occasionally, GrowerTalks likes to reveal little-known details about the birth, growth or success of a well-known horticultural business. This month, two important stories (and one fun one) from HIP Labels, which is celebrating 25 years of supplying hang tags, stake tags, wooden tags, pot wraps, retail POP and other printed products primarily to the nursery side of the industry—growers of woody ornamentals, roses, perennial and the like.
Features
Quality Over Quantity
Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko
The first part of our coverage of the California Spring Trials includes tons of new annuals for the 2026 season.
Acres & Acres
Nothing Gets You Down
Chris Beytes
Does nothing get you guys and gals down?
GT in Brief
Raker-Roberta’s to Grow HilverdaFlorist’s Potted Dianthus
Chris Beytes
Dutch flower breeder HilverdaFlorist has signed a license agreement with Raker–Roberta’s Young Plants of Litchfield, Michigan, to produce its complete dianthus program.
Features
Fresh and Ready to Inspire
Story & Photos by Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko
New intros from California Spring Trials that are perfect for independent retailers.
GT in Brief
Schaefer’s Greenhouses in Illinois Sells
Chris Beytes
The buyer is AEC Supply, Inc. of Minooka, Illinois.
GT in Brief
CAST Dates for 2026—A Slight Twist
Chris Beytes
The dates for the 2026 California Spring Trials (CAST) have been decided by the powers that be and the consensus is to move the dates up by just one day.
GT in Brief
Welby Gardens to Close
Chris Beytes
A letter to customers dated April 4 was sent from the folks at Welby Gardens, based in Arvada, Colorado. Requests for additional comments went unanswered.
GT in Brief
Hoffmann Family of Companies to Acquire Heimos Greenhouses
Chris Beytes
Hoffmann Family of Companies (HF Companies), a family owned private equity firm based in the United States, announced it has entered into a definitive letter of intent to purchase N.G. Heimos Greenhouses.
GT in Brief
Meet Dümmen Orange’s New CEO
Chris Beytes
Congrats to Ellen Mackenbach-Lakeman, who’s the new Chief Executive Officer of Dümmen Orange.
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