Created in 2004 to raise funds for charity and recognize talented, local, up-and-coming musical acts, The 2010 Muddy River Jam Festival was a 2-day festival where over 80 bands and electronic acts performed. Beyond just music, the event creates a family-like community by encouraging overnight camping onsite at the Salem County Fairgrounds outside of [...]

The SF TradeShow Shirt is insane. Super. Fresh. View it larger here.

The biggest event is growing is happening this weekend in San Francisco. The Maximum Yield Indoor Gardening Expo will be returning to the Fort Mason Center in SF. It really is the best show in the world. The expo space is packed with manufactures, distributors, stores, inventors and more. The giveaways are out of control, [...]

For many summers, General Hydroponics has been a major sponsor of the world’s largest reggae festival, in Humboldt, California. In the beginning, it was known as Reggae on the River, and in recent years was called Reggae Rising. The festival was the highlight of our events calendar. “Reggae” was the perfect party. Endless music and [...]

GH sent a great team to Maker Faire Bay area, headed by Luke Silverman. Karlo, our engineering assistant, also came and he took the shots I’m posting today.

They spent the weekend at our booth, which was filled with lush plants and examples of hydro systems. But my favorite part was the cush leather sofa with [...]

Maker Faire is an event unlike any other. It is a weekend long exhibition with 90,000 visitors that is at its core, a spectacle of scientists, DIY enthusiasts, crafters and artists. They come together to share their inventions and celebrate their unique alternative culture. This year General Hydroponics is a sponsor of the Maker Faire [...]

Recently, Zac and the knowledgeable staff over at Rocky Mountain Hydroponics and Organics in Golden, CO sponsored the Boulder Earth Day Festival.

The festival sounded like a fantastic success, with a lot of people learning about a variety of gardening practices. At GH, we love helping stores connect with their community through local events, activities [...]

The team behind Urban Garden Magazine has been working hard to create a new hydro event called Grow 2010. They just wrapped up their show in Manchester, UK, and sent the video above as a nice overview. If you don’t live in the UK, no worries. They will be hosting a second event in the [...]

This year at Earthdance, we collected $5 donations for our General Hydroponic T-Shirts and General Organics Sample Packs. All the proceeds are being given to the Redwood Forest Foundation. In total, we raised $1,110.00! The foundation is a Mendocino County organization dedicated to sustaining the stunning and unique ecology of the redwood forests. Often when [...]

Adam sent in some shots of the Gen Hydro setup at Earthdance. Everything looks amazing, I really wish I had been there! The festival is held on a stunning ranch in Northern California, with thousands of happy people camping and dancing. GH is there to promote the ecology of hydroponics. Many people still don’t know [...]

“Not just a festival focused on music, but rather a festival of spiritual consciousness, environmental and political activism and awareness…” – Jambase.com
The 13th annual Earthdance Festival will take place at the renowned Black Oak Ranch off HWY 101 in Laytonville, CA on September 25th, 26th, 27th. The ranch is also home to many well known [...]

Here is an Arugula plant loving MaxiGro nutrients.  It is growing at 400 ppm and is only about a week and a half old under T5 lights with pH 6.0.  The leaves are peppery and make a great addition to any leafy salad.

Gen Hydro sold this year’s Reggae Rising t-shirts with the new General Organics art.  They were in hot demand, and the proceeds went to a great cause.  Kiva makes microloans for entrepreneurs around the world.

According to their website, “Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around [...]

Free swag is a massive part of the Indoor Gardening Trade Show. The giveaways are always epic.
We gave out sample packs with 6 of the products from the General Organics Line. And free T-shirts with the GO Bio Root art. 

I grabbed a shot of one girl who had so much loot she and her friends [...]

General Hydroponics is a sponsor at Reggae Rising, one of the best Reggae concerts in the world at Dimmick Ranch in Northern California.  I was invited to hang out with the GH crew as our beautiful blogmistress, Tigerlilly, wasn’t able attend.  The GH booth and music at the festival was amazing this year.

Gen Hydro was [...]

Woah, tired. Everyone on our team here at GH has had back to back long weekends. But Red-Icculus will join us all tomorrow with some amazing new content. Ragga Rising 2009 = Total Success. Check this shot that Red-Icculus took of Ishe Dube killing it on the main stage.

Wow, the trade show was last weekend, Reggae is this weekend. My head is spinning. Here are some shots from the tradeshow floor.
The event is held right on the water in the San Francisco Bay. You can tell you are getting close when you see the first stretch Hummer.

The entire place is massive. This year [...]

General Hydroponics spent a long weekend at the Harmony Festival. Harmony is a music fest, with healing arts, preformance arts, and even a mega skate ramp. The event celebrates the earth and environment, and dancing! GH goes to show our support for homegrown events and community spirit. 
The musical lineup was very diverse, including Steve Kimock, [...]

Bummer news about one of the most wonderful, homegrown eco festivals out there:

Dear Friends, 

We are at an exciting and pivotal moment in our history.  The Obama administration’s focus on renewable energy coupled with the need to create jobs for the legions of newly unemployed has created an unprecedented increase in demand for the educational services [...]

I saved the best festival wrap-up for last. SolFest is a one of a kind event in Nor Cal, featuring music and entertainment alongside hands-on learning.

The whole thing goes down in Hopland, at the Real Goods Solar Living Institute. It is an amazing campus, dedicated to a fully sustainable lifestyle. The premise of the event [...]