{"id":1654836,"date":"2026-07-27T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/?p=1654836"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:54:28","slug":"greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada&#8217;s 2026 Grower of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenhouse Technician alumnus Chris Wood (Class of 2011), head grower at Proplant Propagation Services, was named <em data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"193\">Greenhouse Canada<\/em>&#8216;s 2026 Grower of the Year. In a profile by the publication, Wood reflected on his career journey from welding to greenhouse management, highlighting his commitment to innovation, mentorship and continuous improvement. He also credited Niagara College with helping launch his career in the horticulture industry.<\/p>\n<p>Read the July 22 profile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhousecanada.com\/growing-with-purpose-and-vision\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenhouse Technician alumnus Chris Wood (Class of 2011), head grower at Proplant Propagation Services, was named Greenhouse Canada&#8216;s 2026 Grower of the Year. In a profile by the publication, Wood reflected on his career journey from welding to greenhouse management, highlighting his commitment to innovation, mentorship and continuous improvement. He also credited Niagara College with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":204076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-coverage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada&#039;s 2026 Grower of the Year | InsideNC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada&#039;s 2026 Grower of the Year | InsideNC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greenhouse Technician alumnus Chris Wood (Class of 2011), head grower at Proplant Propagation Services, was named Greenhouse Canada&#8216;s 2026 Grower of the Year. In a profile by the publication, Wood reflected on his career journey from welding to greenhouse management, highlighting his commitment to innovation, mentorship and continuous improvement. He also credited Niagara College with [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InsideNC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/niagaracollege\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-27T19:54:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"147\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alyssa Milana\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@niagaracollege\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@niagaracollege\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/\",\"name\":\"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada's 2026 Grower of the Year | InsideNC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-27T19:54:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#\/schema\/person\/35cef87c8fc078be88637e73bedee866\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg\",\"width\":344,\"height\":147,\"caption\":\"Greenhouse Canada\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada&#8217;s 2026 Grower of the Year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/\",\"name\":\"InsideNC\",\"description\":\"Staff news from Niagara College\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#\/schema\/person\/35cef87c8fc078be88637e73bedee866\",\"name\":\"Alyssa Milana\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada's 2026 Grower of the Year | InsideNC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada's 2026 Grower of the Year | InsideNC","og_description":"Greenhouse Technician alumnus Chris Wood (Class of 2011), head grower at Proplant Propagation Services, was named Greenhouse Canada&#8216;s 2026 Grower of the Year. In a profile by the publication, Wood reflected on his career journey from welding to greenhouse management, highlighting his commitment to innovation, mentorship and continuous improvement. He also credited Niagara College with [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/","og_site_name":"InsideNC","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/niagaracollege","article_published_time":"2026-07-27T19:54:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":344,"height":147,"url":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alyssa Milana","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@niagaracollege","twitter_site":"@niagaracollege","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/","name":"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada's 2026 Grower of the Year | InsideNC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-27T19:54:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#\/schema\/person\/35cef87c8fc078be88637e73bedee866"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2018\/12\/ghc-logo-2015.jpg","width":344,"height":147,"caption":"Greenhouse Canada"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/2026\/07\/27\/greenhouse-canada-alumnus-named-greenhouse-canadas-2026-grower-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Greenhouse Canada: Alumnus named Greenhouse Canada&#8217;s 2026 Grower of the Year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/","name":"InsideNC","description":"Staff news from Niagara College","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/#\/schema\/person\/35cef87c8fc078be88637e73bedee866","name":"Alyssa Milana"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/insidenc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}