About FNGLA

Carolan Mahr

Carolan Mahr, President
Ted Mahr Supply, Inc., Cape Coral

Mahr has had significant involvement with many of FNGLA's major programs including the organizational strategic planning task forces to the Marketing and Convention planning committees, and has been exhibiting in The Landscape Show and TPIE for more than 28 years. Mahr has served on FNGLA's Royal Palm Chapter's board as a director, officer, state board representative, and president and is editor of the Chapter's monthly newsletter. Together, she and her husband Dennis, own and operate Ted Mahr Supply, Inc.

Halsey Beshears

Halsey Beshears, President-Elect
Total Landscape Supply, Monticello

Beshears has served as President of the Big Bend Chapter, has been a member of the Membership Committee since 2004, a Board of Director since 2003. Besides his participation in FNGLA, Halsey is a graduate of the Wedgeworth Leadership Institute and serves on its Board of Directors; is a Founding member and past president of the Tallahassee Young Entrepreneurs Organization, and sits on the Board of Advisors for Farmers and Merchants Bank. Married to Cristin since 2000, the couple has three little girls. In 2008, his family won the Farm Bureau Family of Jefferson County award.

Wes Parrish

Wes Parrish, Secretary/Treasurer
Parrish Nursery, Parkland

Wes has been a member of FNGLA since 1979. He has served the association in a variety of positions including serving as President of the National Foliage Foundation for 8 years and as Treasurer and committee member for The Landscape Show. He has also been on FNGLA's Board of Directors, active in the Broward Chapter, and on the Florida Garden Select committee. Wes and his wife Vickie own Parrish Nursery in Parkland, FL.

Monty Knox

Monty Knox, Immediate Past President
Knox Nursery, Inc., Winter Garden

Among his many FNGLA activities, Knox has been on the board and served as president of his local FNGLA Action Chapter and was the 2000 recipient of that Chapter's highest award. Knox has also chaired FNGLA's The Landscape Show Committee - Florida's largest nursery/landscape trade show. Knox has served as president of the Orange County Farm Bureau and was the chairman of the Orange County Planning and Zoning Commission.

2009 - 2010 Board Representitives