Miles Rosedale

Miles Rosedale is the second-generation steward of Monrovia, the wholesale nursery his father Harry founded in 1926. A Stanford-trained historian turned tax attorney, he traded oil-and-gas law for potting soil in 1981 and ran the company as CEO from 1986 to 2020. Under him Monrovia became one of America's largest nurseries - roughly 22 million plants, 2,000-plus varieties, 5,000-plus garden centers - and a pioneer of container growing, custom soil blends, plant patenting and consumer branding. He stepped down as CEO at the end of 2020 to become co-chairman of the board, and is an inductee of the Green Industry Hall of Fame.