You got to meet growers man. The best way to meet growers is to grow yourself. I know it sounds silly, but that's how I met all of my growing friends and "gurus." It could be at the local organics/hydro store or it could be at a lumber yard. People are lot more likely to trust you when whip out a jar of your homegrown to share then if you just walk around asking for work. If you catch my drift.
And I've been trying to move to California my whole life; quit my job serving here because i feel the need to travel. If I had land to grow there is no doubt I would be but Michigan is just too uptight with their medicinal laws. So with the few bucks left in my pockets i'm going to find my way out there to meet some better people hopefully. if not well then i guess next stops Oregon.
Good luck to you sir on the manicuring jobs hopefully i'll be able to find someone nice enough to help me out with some kind of manicuring/trimming job.