Patrick Alan Coleman, Editor

Patrick Alan Coleman, Editor

Editor

Patrick Alan Coleman is editor of Garden Center, Greenhouse Management and Produce Grower magazines. An avid home gardener with his wife and two boys in Northeast Ohio, Patrick is co-president of his neighborhood garden club. With two decades of journalistic experience, he is now deeply devoted to exploring the issues and trends most important to the independent garden center and greenhouse industries.

Leading Women of Horticulture: Katie Dubow, Garden Media Group, and Aubry Field, Lizzy Blossom

Horticulture entrepreneurs Katie Dubow of marketing company Garden Media Group and Aubry Field of plant diagnostic company Lizzy Blossom talk about balance, family and flowers.

Garden Center 2025 Top 100 IGCs List open for submissions with new judging criteria

We’ve adjusted the guidelines to foster fairness and increase friendly competition among garden retailers.

Logistics lowdown

A conversation about the year to come with Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals President and CEO Mark Baxa.

Mind matters

Taking the time to pay attention to your and your team’s all-around health can turn surviving spring into thriving.

Bug budget boom

Budgets for IPM plans are booming as cost concerns ease and prevention planning takes center stage.

Trump threatens 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada in move that could hurt horticulture

President-elect Trump posted on Truth Social that he would institute tariffs on his first day in office, possibly making imported horticultural goods far more expensive for growers.

Hold the line!

Charlie Hall urges restraint in his 2024 Economic State of the Green Industry assessment.

Space jam

How the shrinking gardens of consumers should move the growing industry.

The good work

How Elias Mejia grew a unique and deeply influential career at Costa Farms.