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.

From growing plants to growing people

Qualitree CEO Gary Neels has developed resilience through loss and learned how being vulnerable is not a weakness but a strength.

Changing the native narrative

An uncomfortable ideological divide has separated native plants from cultivars. But the message is changing as designers and environmentalists look for a middle ground in aesthetics.

The great mite fight

Most growers have suffered losses due to mites, but many opt not to have an IPM program.

2025 Darwin Perennials Day

A virtual tour of Darwin Colombia and some eye-popping new variety highlights from West Chicago, Illinois.

Cultivate'25: Aurora Peat Products

We speak with Norita Von Grad about Aurora Peat Products about advances in growing media.

Cultivate'25: Becky Paxton shares social media trends

We caught up with Becky Paxton of Garden Media Group at Cultivate'25 and asked her how growers and retailers can leverage social media to reach their customers.

The Growth Industry Episode 5: California Spring Trials rewind

In our fifth episode, our editors share their top picks from California Spring Trials 2025.

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.