GrowingDutch.

The Dutch way of growing, transferred to your team

A high-tech greenhouse is only half of what makes a successful operation — the other half is the knowledge to run it. GrowingDutch is the DutchGreenhouses® programme that transfers that knowledge: a structured bundle of training, education and coaching designed to turn a newly built facility and a local team into a confident, self-sufficient growing business. The hardware sets the ceiling on what is possible; GrowingDutch is how a grower actually reaches it.

The programme is practical and crop-specific rather than generic. It provides cultivation schedules built for the crop and climate, climate-computer strategy so the team can steer the greenhouse rather than just react to it, irrigation and fertilisation recipes matched to each growth stage, and hands-on supervision through the critical first growing seasons when a new operation is most vulnerable to costly mistakes. An experienced Dutch grower works alongside the local staff, demonstrating not just what to do but why, so the reasoning transfers along with the routine.

What makes GrowingDutch valuable is that it is designed to work itself out of a job. The goal is genuine independence: over the first year or two the team takes on more and more of the decision-making, with the DutchGreenhouses® coach shifting from hands-on demonstration to remote guidance — a “buddy” always available for questions, data reviews and troubleshooting, but increasingly in the background as the grower's own judgement matures. Knowledge that stays only in the head of an outside expert is a dependency; knowledge embedded in your team is an asset.

Because it is modular, the programme scales with the operation — from a Basic Series starter greenhouse taking its first steps into professional cultivation, all the way up to multi-hectare export production running several crops. Combined with our grower services and interim management, GrowingDutch closes the gap between a well-built greenhouse and a well-run one. Get in touch to build a knowledge programme around your team and your crop.