Michael’s Greenhouses — a premier, family-owned wholesale horticultural grower serving the Northeast since 1969 — is seeking a passionate and experienced Head Greenhouse Grower to lead its cultivation team in Cheshire, Connecticut. This full-time leadership role oversees large-scale production of high-quality annuals, perennials, and florist-quality holiday crops — including Michael’s signature poinsettias and Easter lily — combining advanced horticultural science with strong team leadership, rigorous IPM management, and multi-season climate-controlled production management across a respected regional wholesale greenhouse operation.
About Michael’s Greenhouses — Northeast Wholesale Horticulture Leader
Heritage: Family-owned and operated wholesale greenhouse grower serving New England and the Northeast since 1969
Crops: High-quality annuals, perennials, and florist-quality holiday crops including signature poinsettias and Easter lily
Operations: Multi-season, large-scale commercial greenhouse production with rigorous IPM and fertilizer/chemical management
Culture: A team that feels like family — combining a legacy of quality with a collaborative, supportive growing environment
Benefits: Competitive salary, 401(k), full medical benefits, generous paid time off, and holiday entitlement
Career Growth & Horticulture Impact in Connecticut
55+ Years Heritage: Join a respected New England wholesale grower with a 55-year reputation for premium horticultural quality
Leadership Role: Direct all greenhouse growing activities, climate control, and multi-season space allocation as Head Grower
401(k) & Benefits: Competitive salary with retirement savings, full medical benefits, and generous paid time off
IPM Expertise: Lead and develop rigorous Integrated Pest Management programmes — building high-value, specialist horticulture skills
Position Overview
The Head Greenhouse Grower at Michael’s Greenhouses in Cheshire, CT leads all greenhouse cultivation activities across a large-scale, multi-season commercial ornamental and floriculture operation. This hands-on leadership role directs all growing operations, climate control, and space allocation across seasonal transitions, oversees comprehensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes, manages chemical and fertiliser applications using advanced cultivation techniques, trains and mentors the growing team to maintain industry-leading horticultural standards, and ensures the consistent delivery of the premium-quality annuals, perennials, poinsettias, and Easter lily that Michael’s Greenhouses is known for across the Northeast.
Why This Role Matters: As Head Grower at Michael’s Greenhouses, you are the horticultural heart of a 55-year-old New England legacy — the person whose knowledge, leadership, and passion for plant health shapes every crop that leaves this Cheshire, CT facility. Your climate control expertise protects crop quality through every seasonal transition, your IPM decisions prevent the pest and disease pressures that can devastate a commercial greenhouse, your fertiliser management drives the plant health that creates premium-quality product, and your mentorship of the growing team builds the capability that will carry Michael’s Greenhouses’ reputation for excellence well into the future.
Key Responsibilities
Greenhouse Operations Leadership & Climate Control
- Direct all greenhouse growing activities across multi-season transitions — ensuring optimal climate conditions for each crop throughout the production calendar
- Manage space allocation across greenhouse structures — planning crop placement to maximise production efficiency and growing environment utilisation
- Oversee all aspects of large-scale production of high-quality annuals, perennials, and florist-quality holiday crops throughout the growing season
- Monitor and adjust climate control systems — temperature, humidity, ventilation, and irrigation — to maintain ideal growing conditions for premium output
IPM Programme Management & Quality Assurance
- Oversee and continuously refine rigorous Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes across all greenhouse production areas and crop types
- Manage and direct chemical and fertiliser applications using advanced cultivation techniques — ensuring crop health, compliance, and premium quality
- Monitor crops closely for pest, disease, and nutritional issues — implementing timely, targeted interventions to protect crop quality and yield
- Drive a consistent culture of horticultural excellence and quality standards across every stage of production at the Cheshire greenhouse
Signature Crop Production — Poinsettias & Easter Lily
- Lead the production of Michael’s Greenhouses’ signature poinsettia crop — managing timing, pinching, lighting, and finishing to the highest florist quality
- Oversee Easter lily production — managing bulb programming, forcing, and finishing to meet Northeast wholesale market demand and quality expectations
- Ensure all holiday crop production schedules are planned well in advance and executed precisely to meet customer delivery timelines
- Apply specialist knowledge of photoperiod, temperature management, and chemical growth regulation across all holiday and seasonal crop programmes
Team Mentorship, Training & Talent Development
- Train, lead, and inspire the greenhouse growing team — building their horticultural knowledge, practical skills, and professional pride in the work
- Mentor team members to maintain industry-leading growing standards and develop their capability to take on greater responsibility over time
- Create a positive, collaborative, and high-performance growing team culture that reflects Michael’s Greenhouses’ family-owned values
- Ensure all team members are trained on safe chemical handling, IPM protocols, climate system operation, and crop quality standards
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- 2–4 year degree in Horticulture, Plant Science, Floriculture, Agriculture, or a closely related field — required for this Head Grower role
Experience Requirements
- 3–5 years of commercial, high-volume ornamental or floriculture growing experience in a greenhouse or controlled environment agriculture setting
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale IPM programmes, chemical applications, and fertiliser regimes across multiple crop types
- Experience managing multi-season greenhouse production transitions — annuals, perennials, and florist-quality holiday crop programmes
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience in a commercial greenhouse or agricultural growing environment is strongly preferred
Essential Skills & Personal Qualities
- Strong leadership drive — the ability to inspire, direct, and develop a growing team to consistently deliver industry-leading horticultural quality
- Exceptional attention to detail — catching the early signs of pest, disease, nutritional, or environmental stress across large-scale crop volumes
- Genuine passion for plant health, horticultural science, and the craft of growing premium floriculture crops for wholesale markets
- Strong practical knowledge of climate control, irrigation management, chemical safety, and crop scheduling in a commercial greenhouse environment
About Michael’s Greenhouses
Michael’s Greenhouses is a premier, family-owned wholesale horticultural grower that has been serving the Northeast United States since 1969 — more than 55 years of growing premium quality annuals, perennials, and florist-quality holiday crops for a loyal wholesale customer base across New England and the broader Northeast market. Known for the exceptional quality of its signature poinsettia and Easter lily programmes, Michael’s Greenhouses combines advanced horticultural science with a deeply personal, family-oriented team culture that values every member’s contribution to the legacy of quality that has built this Cheshire, CT business. Joining Michael’s Greenhouses means joining a team that takes its growing seriously and treats its people like family — and that has been doing both exceptionally well for over half a century.
Career Excellence: Join Michael’s Greenhouses in Cheshire, CT as Head Grower and lead the cultivation of premium annuals, perennials, and iconic holiday crops for a family-owned Northeast wholesale grower with a 55-year reputation for horticultural excellence — growing your own career alongside the finest flowers in New England.
Who Should Apply?
- Commercial Greenhouse Growers: With 3–5 years growing annuals, perennials, or floriculture crops in a high-volume New England or Northeast facility
- Holiday Crop Specialists: Experienced in poinsettia or Easter lily production for wholesale florist or garden center markets in the Northeast USA
- IPM Programme Managers: With hands-on Integrated Pest Management experience across diverse ornamental and floriculture crop types
- Horticulture Degree Holders: With 3+ years post-graduation commercial growing experience and a passion for premium floriculture quality
- Team-Oriented Growing Leaders: Who combine strong horticultural science knowledge with the communication skills to mentor and inspire a growing team
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