Discuss Insightful STRATEGIES. Build Invaluable RELATIONSHIPS. Experience Measurable RESULTS.
Meet Directly with Executive Leadership Ready to Discern Strategic Business Relationships
Tap into our four decades of industry relationships to cultivate and grow your partnerships with some of the most successful growers in the industry.
From the invaluable insights of the operation business profiles to the carefully facilitated matching process, the pre-arranged meetings and impromptu conversations at CONNECT can culminate into your most productive and strategically important discussions of the year.
Getting that time one-on-one time with somebody to build on an existing relationship or establish a new one – there’s not too many other places, if any other place that I’ve heard of – that you can do that.”
– Justin Bartlett, Legacy Labor
It’s very difficult to meet with the major folks in this industry. At [CONNECT] we get to deal with the who’s-who, or the folks that make the decisions at these major companies.”
– Otto Kaufmann, Lambert Peat Moss
[CONNECT provides] the opportunity to see many customers in one place – in one trip – and have a good blend of 1:1 time and social time with many of the key growers in North America.”
– Chuck Buffington, Berger
The fact that we’re meeting with owners and head growers, we’re really getting to the decision makers of these organizations and that was the part that I felt was the most valuable. “
– Paul Golden, Prospiant
We find value in the conversations that happen at breakfast, at lunch, dinner, after hours. The social aspect of it really helps enhance the relationship-building of this event.”
– Liz Dunbar, BASF Corporation
It’s not only the meetings you have, but the networking opportunities. Even if you don’t have a meeting with [a grower], you can still rub elbows and have conversations with people.”
– Traci Dooley, Hortica
Why Attend as a Business Partner?
Experience Unrivaled Executive Access
Engage in private meetings with senior leadership from the largest and most innovative greenhouse operations across North America. These exclusive interactions with owners, presidents, senior leaders, and head growers ensure focused, actionable, and highly productive discussions.
Make Valuable Connections with Key Industry Leaders
Beyond your private meetings with growers seeking your strategic solutions, you’ll enjoy extensive networking opportunities to engage with all attendees. Build new relationships or deepen existing connections with other prominent industry professionals in attendance.
Maximize Your Time and Investment
GreenhouseCONNECT offers a rare opportunity to leverage one trip into as many as twelve private, 50-minute meetings with executives from the nation’s largest growing operations. Outside of these meetings, you’ll also have ample opportunity to meet with all in attendance during shared meals and social activities.
Growing Operations in Attendance
Gain business advantage with the largest and most progressive greenhouse operations in North America that produce:
Ornamentals
Nursery Crops
Young Plants
Emerging Crops
Vegetables & Herbs
Leading Up To the Event
We work with you to develop a business partner profile to highlight your company’s technologies, offerings and services. This profile is shared with all growing operations during the matching process.
Our expert editorial team also conducts an interview with each grower to identify their operation’s strategic goals and challenges. This information is compiled to create the comprehensive operation business profiles.
As a participating partner, you review the profiles of all the participating operations and let us know which growers you want to meet with.
Meetings are scheduled for you based on your interest and the responses from the growers. Where there is mutual interest from both sides, a meeting is set.
Once all meetings are approved by you and the growers, we introduce you via email so you can make introductions, prioritize discussion topics and set an agenda for the on-site meeting. This pre-event work and communication ensures that you’re able to make the most of each onsite meeting.
During the Event
You participate in two full days of private one-on-one, 50-minute business meetings with the decision makers from leading growing operations. In addition, there are plentiful high-value networking opportunities during meals and social functions.
The Value
You leave GreenhouseCONNECT with new relationships and specific follow-up plans developed during your meetings. Our team will continue to work with you and the growers post-event to ensure that action items are addressed and relationships continue to grow.
Join Us in Isle of Palms
This year, we’re convening at The Wild Dunes Resort just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Our new coastal venue offers a variety of amenities and activities, all set against a warm, relaxed atmosphere that’s perfect for making new connections.