Hydroponics Events: Local Networking for Your Project Management Goals

Hydroponics Events: Local Networking for Your Project Management Goals

We’ve talked a lot about how growers convene on handy hydroponics grow forums on the Internet, but it can also be helpful to use local events to your advantage if you are thinking about getting more and outside input for a particular hydroponics grow setup.

Some communities have more of these events than others, so where you are located has an impact on how much agricultural networking you can do beyond the walls of your grow space. For starters, take a look in your local newspaper and other news venues to see what’s happening in your community.

Starting Your Own Hydroponics Events

Another creative way to create networking opportunities is to link your hydroponics project to other types of community projects in your area. Partnering with local schools and universities is just one idea. You can also huddle with suppliers, gardening groups and others to figure out how to set up a good local event in a public space near you.

What Public Events Do For You

For anyone who’s pursuing hydroponics gardening for commercial reasons, public events can be a great way to get the word out about what you’re doing and how you benefit your local customer base. However, even for those who are just pursuing hydroponics as a hobby, public events can be a great way to pick the brains of other growers and ask questions where vibrant conversations might be difficult through the Internet. Sometimes face-to-face conversation is the best way to get progress on some of the hardest questions about a hydroponics project and how to protect plants for the long haul.

For more, ask your hydroponic retailer about whether they are active in your local area and how you can use their inventory of hydroponics equipment to build projects that get visibility in your neighborhood.