Posted 18 days ago
HEAD GROWER
@ West Coast Gardens
Surrey, British Columbia
Overview
West Coast Floral Growers & Distributors is hiring a Head Grower to lead the growing function of its commercial ornamental greenhouse operation in Surrey, BC. The role combines hands-on crop management with leading and developing growers, and ensuring CFIA Greenhouse Certification compliance. Full-time, with an annual salary of $120,000 to $150,000 depending on experience, plus benefits and a KPI bonus.
Pay:
$120,000–$150,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Produce market-ready ornamental crops to quality standards
- Lead, coach and develop grower assistants
- Manage irrigation, nutrition, environment and IPM
- Maintain CFIA Greenhouse Certification compliance
- Maintain greenhouse facilities and equipment
Requirements summary:
- Significant commercial greenhouse growing experience
- Experience leading a substantial growing function
- Advanced knowledge of irrigation, nutrition and IPM
- Experience with greenhouse environmental control systems
- CFIA Greenhouse Certification knowledge an asset
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-19
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-20
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Manufacturing & production |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Performance bonus |
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West Coast Gardens
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Your destination garden centre, growing plants for your garden + home
Full company description
West Coast Gardens’ nursery, garden centre and greenhouses are situated in South Surrey BC. We offer a wide selection of annuals, tropicals, hanging baskets, planters, perennials, shrubs, herbs, veggies and more. Our retail garden centre serves the Vancouver and BC Lower Mainland area and offers high impact plants for your home and garden. Our wholesale division delivers homegrown plants and planter designs weekly throughout the Western Canada and Pacific Northwest markets. Our clients include Costco Canada and USA, Sobeys, Albertsons and large independent garden centres nationwide. West Coast Gardens has a long rooted history, founded by the VanderMey family in 1981. As a third-generation grower, Jason VanderMey literally grew up with the garden as his playground. Jason and his wife, Wybranda, have now teamed up with Nathan and Jill Van Huizen, as owners of West Coast Gardens garden centre and nursery, adding another 15 years of industry experience to the dynamic team. We are always looking for innovative new growing techniques and trends, in order to be ahead of the industry and offer new plant products to all our customers whether wholesale or retail. With 220,000 feet of growing capacity, producing 2.5M plants annually, we provide fresh and unique products for all four seasons. There’s always something happening at West Coast Gardens. Offering a truly unmatched shopping experience, where guests are inspired by the idea of merging home and garden to create an experience for the senses. Stroll through our nursery, overflowing with garden and indoor plants, grown locally and artfully displayed. For the home, a highly curated blend of artisan merchandise, furniture, decor, garden containers and gifts for all seasons. West Coast Gardens merges a local home and garden brand into a celebration of heritage, community and design.
- LinkedIn followers
- 548
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 18
- Reported office locations
- 1420 172nd Street, Surrey, BC V3Z 9M6, CA
- Other recorded names
- West Coast Gardens
- Specialties
- Hanging Baskets
- Succulents
- Home Decor
- Annuals
- Soil
- Perennials
- Trees & Shrubs
- Indoor Plants
- Plants
- Garden
- Cacti
- Vegetable Gardening
- Herbs
- Tropicals
- Christmas
- Trees and Shrubs
- Gardening
- Grow Your Own Food
- Food Gardening
- Landscaping
- Plant Care
- Orchids
- Bonsai
- Fruit Trees
- Patio Decor
- and Seasonal Decor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
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West Coast Gardens’ nursery, garden centre and greenhouses are situated in South Surrey BC. We offer a wide selection of annuals, tropicals, hanging baskets, planters, perennials, shrubs, herbs, veggies and more. Our retail garden centre serves the Vancouver and BC Lower Mainland area and offers high impact plants for your home and garden. Our wholesale division delivers homegrown plants and planter designs weekly…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Surrey, BC |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1981 |
| Specialties | Hanging BasketsSucculentsHome DecorAnnualsSoilPerennialsTrees & ShrubsIndoor PlantsPlantsGarden |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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HEAD GROWER
West coast Floral Growers & Distributors LTD.
Surrey, British Columbia | Full-time
West Coast Floral is seeking an experienced Head Grower to lead the growing function within our commercial ornamental greenhouse operation.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership position for someone who combines strong technical growing expertise with the ability to develop people, establish consistent growing practices and take full ownership of crop performance.
The Head Grower will be accountable for producing exceptional, market-ready crops while minimizing shrink, achieving scheduled crop readiness and maintaining full compliance with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Greenhouse Certification Program.
ABOUT WEST COAST FLORAL
West Coast Floral is a family-owned greenhouse production and distribution business located in Surrey, British Columbia. We produce a diverse range of ornamental crops including annuals, tropical, and succulents for wholesale customers and our West Coast Gardens retail garden centre.
We are looking for a Head Grower who takes pride in producing excellent crops, developing a capable growing team and continuously improving greenhouse performance.
THE POSITION
The Head Grower will be responsible for:
- Producing exceptional, market-ready crops that meet West Coast Floral's quality standards.
- Leading, coaching and developing the Grower Assistant(s) and maintenance assistant.
- Managing crop health through irrigation, nutrient management, environmental monitoring and Integrated Pest Management.
- Monitoring crops closely and responding quickly to emerging quality, pest, disease, nutrition and environmental concerns
- Ensuring crops are ready during their scheduled shipping week.
- Reducing avoidable crop shrink and improving consistency across crop groups.
- Maintaining greenhouse facilities and growing equipment in a safe, clean and fully operational condition.
- Establishing and completing preventative-maintenance requirements for irrigation and growing equipment.
- Maintaining complete CFIA Greenhouse Certification Program compliance and continuous audit readiness.
- Collaborating effectively with the Greenhouse Administration Team, Production Team and Ownership.
- Identifying and implementing practical improvements to growing practices, crop quality and greenhouse performance.
HOW SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED
The Head Grower will be measured against clearly established performance expectations, Including:
- Crop shrink at or below the company target for each crop group.
- An average weekly crop-quality score of at least 90%.
- At least 95% of crops ready during their scheduled shipping week.
- 100% CFIA GCP compliance and audit readiness.
- Greenhouse facilities maintained in a clean, safe, organized and production-ready condition.
- Preventative maintenance completed and growing equipment kept reliable and operational.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The successful candidate will bring:
- significant commercial greenhouse growing experience, preferably with a diverse range of ornamental crops.
- Demonstrated success leading a substantial greenhouse growing function.
- Strong plant knowledge and crop-observation skills.
- Advanced knowledge of irrigation, plant nutrition, environmental management and Integrated Pest Management.
- The ability to diagnose crop problems, determine root causes and take timely corrective action.
- Experience leading, coaching and developing growers or grower assistants.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- A disciplined and detail-oriented approach to crop records, compliance and follow-through.
- A commitment to continuous improvement and responsible stewardship of greenhouse facilities and equipment
- Experience with greenhouse environmental control systems.
- The ability to work effectively with production planning, administration, operations and ownership.
- Knowledge of Canadian ornamental greenhouse production and the CFIA Greenhouse Certification Program would be considered an asset.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This position offers the opportunity to take meaningful ownership of the growing function within as established, family-owned horticultural business.
COMPENSATION
Annual salary " $120,000- $150,000, depending on experience and demonstrated capabilities.
Employee Benefits plan, 4 Weeks' vacation, KPI bonus.
TO APPLY
Please submit your resume and a brief letter describing:
- The greenhouse operations and crop categories you have managed.
- The approximate scale of greenhouse space for which you have been responsible.
- Your experience leading growers and growers assistants.
- A measurable improvement you have achieved in crop quality, shrink, crop timing or growing-system performance.
Applications may be submitted within or email [email protected]
westcoastfloral.com
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