Your Path to Leadership Roles in Commercial Cannabis Cultivation
This 16-week program prepares you to step into higher level commercial cultivation roles by taking you inside working facilities and teaching you how to manage every stage of a licensed grow.
Program Tuition $2,850
with full pay discount
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What You’ll Learn
Understand how licensed commercial grows are planned and managed, from production scheduling through harvest
Optimize the systems behind every grow room, including lighting, climate and VPD, irrigation, growing media, and more
Learn to capture and read grow data in a licensed facility to identify issues and improve quality, consistency, and yield
Improve crop performance and produce consistent, high-quality harvests cycle after cycle
Qualify for the cultivation roles that come with higher levels of responsibility
Your Week-By-Week Overview
Cultivating Smarter and Operational Planning
See how a commercial grow is planned and scheduled, from the first calendar to final harvest.
Lighting for Commercial Cultivation
Commercial lighting plays by different rules than a tent. Master how fixtures are chosen, placed and run at scale.
Climate Control
Control temperature, humidity, airflow and VPD across a full room, where a small swing hits thousands of plants.
Irrigation Systems
Discover how facilities engineer water and nutrient delivery, instead of watering by hand and eye.
Grow Media Selection and Compliance
Choose and manage the right growing medium, and document it the way inspectors expect.
Genetic Selection
Select genetics for production, where one strain decision shapes every room and every cycle.
Propagation
Produce clones at volume, where consistency across thousands of cuttings is the whole job.
Pre-Veg and the Vegetative Stage
Build plant structure at scale, and understand why timing matters as much as technique.
The Bloom Phase
Manage flowering across a full room, where every decision affects the entire crop.
Harvest
Walk through a commercial harvest, from timing and staging to weighing and compliance paperwork.
Post-Harvest Processing
Dry, cure and package at volume. This is the stage where quality is won or lost.
Data-Driven Cultivation & Irrigation SOPs
Know what to measure, what the numbers mean, how to steer a crop with them, and how problems show up in data before they show up in the plant.
Dialing In, Troubleshooting & Feed Charts
Find the real cause of a problem, mix to a recipe everyone can follow, and stop guessing before it costs you a cycle.
Scaled Organic and Hydroponic Cultivation
Understand what organics and hydroponics actually take at scale, and where each one breaks down.
Greenhouse Management & Facility Profiles
Run a greenhouse through the seasons when the environment keeps changing on you, and see how working facilities solve the same problems.
Integrated Pest Management
Prevent, detect and treat pests compliantly, before a crop is ever at risk.
An Immersive Learning Experience
Demonstration videos filmed inside working commercial facilities
Interactive e-learning modules
Weekly exercises and discussion boards
Taught By Industry Leaders In Commercial Cultivation
Big Mike Straumietis
Jacob Gibbs
Eljay Cathcart
Rory Isaaks
JJ Crossan
Who Will Benefit Most From This Program
- You have some personal cannabis cultivation experience, but not at commercial scale
- You need to learn the differences and nuances of running a licensed facility
- You want to go after higher level roles in cannabis cultivation
- You might already work in cannabis or agriculture, but you’re not getting the mentorship you need to grow
- You'd love to run your own commercial operation one day
What Employers Say
The best cultivators I know think like operators. This program trains people to do exactly that, inside of a commercial facility.
Nutrition, environment, and plant health all work together. This program teaches cultivators to see the whole system, instead of chasing one problem at a time.
I’ve trained a lot of cultivators on the job. I’d much rather start with someone who already understands basic plant science, nutrition, and climate management the way this program teaches it.
The Cannabis Career Resource Center
Unlock exclusive access to an online hub designed to advance your cannabis career.
Available to you the moment you complete your Certificate.
Continuing Education For Each Stage Of Your Career
- Guidance to land your next cannabis job
- Improve your management and leadership skills
- Strategies to launch your cannabis business
Employer Connections
- Find cannabis employers who are actively hiring
- Access the cannabis hiring landscape
Earn a Certificate That Opens Doors
Your Metropolitan Community College cannabis certificate is proof of your expertise.
- Instant Credibility with Employers
- Career-Ready Skills You Can Prove
- Digital Badge for Social Media
Before I earned my digital badge, I was sending out resumes and wasn’t getting any replies. The minute that I put my badge on my resume, I applied for 5 different jobs and I got responses the same day!
Jonathan D. • Graduate
Get 5 Bonuses When You Enroll ($991 value)
The Advanced Nutrients Cultivation Handbook
Downloadable feed charts and quick reference guides, an irrigation SOP library, and commercial facility profiles
The Business Of Cannabis Cultivation
Growing great cannabis is only half the job. The other half is funding it, staying compliant, and getting your product onto shelves. This course walks you through the business side of cannabis cultivation.
Making Ice Water Hash and Solventless Solutions
Your harvest doesn’t end at the flower. Learn how to turn trim and leftover material into clean, solventless hash and get more value out of every plant.
Harvesting & Drying Cannabis Like A Pro
Harvest is where great crops quietly get ruined… cut too early, dried too fast, cured wrong. Learn how to protect potency, flavor, and yield all the way to the jar.
Why Take This Program Now?
Largest Job Sector In Cannabis
Cultivation employs more people than any other sector in legal cannabis.
Hard To Find Anywhere Else
Most growers only learn this inside a facility, from a head grower willing to teach them.
Grow Better, More Consistent Crops
Produce higher-quality flower, cycle after cycle, instead of hoping each harvest turns out.
Fix Mistakes Faster
One lost cycle can cost far more than this program. Learn to catch problems early.
Stand Out For The Roles That Matter
Roles with real responsibility go to people who understand the whole operation.
More Than Just A Course
You get access to the Cannabis Career Resource Center to help you grow your cannabis career.
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Total Price : $2,850
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Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common questions about our cannabis certificate program
Yes. Anyone 18 or older can enroll, but we suggest that you already have some type of personal cannabis cultivation experience in order to take this advanced program.
It’s not the same material. The foundational program teaches you how cannabis is grown so you have a basic understanding of the plant development cycle. This one teaches you how a commercial facility is run, and is much more technical, so that you can play higher level leadership roles inside of a licensed facility.
No. This is a standalone 16-week program with no prerequisite. But this course does assume you have some personal experience growing cannabis, and understand the plant and its life cycle. If that’s new for you, start with the foundational Cannabis Cultivation Specialist certificate and come back after you finish that.
To pass the course, you must pass the 100-question final exam with a score of 70% or higher by the end of the 16-week session.
Once you attain your Certificate, you will have the confidence, credibility, and skills to go after higher level roles in a licensed facility, or even start your own grow. This program will open up a lot of new opportunities for you!
Employers view this program as a mark of credibility and professionalism. It shows that you understand how licensed, commercial grows are planned and managed, and that you are ready to take on more responsibility from day one.
Yes. Most cannabis cultivators have real gaps in their knowledge, especially growing in a licensed, commercial facility. This program gives you access to world-renowned cultivators who have been growing commercially at scale, so you will absolutely learn new strategies and techniques.
Tuition is $2,850, or you can pay in full for $2,500 (saving you $350). Six monthly payments are available, or apply for low-payment financing through Affirm.
Yes. You can choose from several flexible payment options at checkout, including pay in full for a discounted rate, monthly installments or low-payment financing through Affirm. The process is quick, fully online, and approval decisions happen instantly. Please view our payment terms here.
Students can withdraw and request a refund for up to 7 days after the start of a cohort. Please review our policies here.
If you need to defer, contact student support. There are options for you to transfer to another cohort at a later date.
No. Since our cannabis programs are non-credit continuing education programs, and cannabis is not federally legal, they are not eligible for financial aid or grants, including FAFSA and the GI Bill.
Yes. If your employer is covering the cost, contact us at studentservices@greenfloweredu.com and we’ll send an invoice and a program overview they can review. It’s a simple way for your company to invest in the person running its rooms.
Yes, you are eligible for an alumni discount. Please email us at studentservices@greenfloweredu.com to claim that additional discount.
Yes. Please contact us for details about how to take advantage of this.
Yes. Please contact us for details about how to take advantage of this.
Expect to spend about 5 hours per week completing e-learning modules, reviewing additional videos and readings, participating in online discussions and completing optional learning exercises. As an online program, you can study at your own pace and on your own schedule, as long as you complete the final exam within the 16 weeks of the course.
You’ll have an instructor available for questions and guidance, plus access to a student community for peer discussion. Upon completion, you’ll also gain access to additional resources and ongoing community support for networking and job opportunities.
You’ll learn from world-renowned cultivators and facility operators who have been growing commercially at scale. The demonstration videos are filmed inside working licensed facilities, so you see how each room is actually run.
Green Flower partners with universities and colleges to deliver trusted, career-focused cannabis education programs that meet employer expectations. Green Flower programs have become the industry standard in cannabis career training.
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