An Indoor Classroom Garden using a Tower Garden
Kids learn best by doing. Growing lettuces and herbs right in your indoor classroom garden will give your kids the hands-on experience of planting seeds, taking care of the plants, then harvesting and eating what they’ve grown.
“The Tower Gardens have been a wonderful educational tool for our classrooms and I appreciate Steve’s work greatly!”
Dr. David Hoffert – Superintendent
Warsaw Community Schools
Warsaw, Indiana
What’s a Tower Garden?
A Tower Garden is a soil-less growing system. It’s sometimes mistaken for hydroponics, but it’s actually aeroponics since the roots hang in the air.
Using just water and a nutrient called Mineral Blend, a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs can be grown. The system takes up less than 4 square feet of floor space and can easily be rolled around the classroom when needed. Most types of lettuces and herbs grow quickly and easily in a classroom.
Teach More Than Science on a Tower Garden
Growing on a Tower Garden gives your students the opportunity to plant the seeds, watch them sprout, and take care of the seedlings until they’re placed into the Tower Garden. Once in the Tower Garden, the weekly maintenance is all it takes to complete the growing cycle. Students can learn math, English, and life skills, as well as science.
Eat What You Grow on a Tower Garden
Once plants have matured, your students will be able to harvest and eat what they’ve grown right in their own classroom. Students will eat lettuce they grow on a Tower Garden even though they might not touch the lettuce on their food tray. It’s true that if you grow it, you’ll eat it.
Tower Garden Curriculum
A broad range of Tower Garden curriculum is available to help you in your classroom.
Tower Garden Grants
Tower Gardens qualify for many local and national grants.
Learn More…
Find out how to buy a Tower Garden and Which Tower Garden is Best for My Classroom. Here’s a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Confused about which Tower Garden to purchase? Having trouble finding grant opportunities? Need a quote for a grant application? Email me at steve@keepitwatered.com to arrange a time to talk.
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Gardening with soil-less technology can be an amazing addition to any classroom. Systems can easily fit in the corner of a room, with no weeding, few bugs, and no pesticides.
And there’s no pressure to grow perfect plants! The important part is that your students have fun learning and growing plants right in their classroom. Growing to Teach will give you the tools to help you enjoy the experience along with your students.