The EarthBox ® was an invaluable tool for my after-school program. We used the EarthBox ® to learn core scientific concepts. The hands-on environment allowed some of my more academically reluctant students an opportunity to shine. Students who had difficulty in the traditional classroom gained new confidence by leading the group in the hands-on activities of planting, maintaining, and harvesting our EarthBoxes ®.   The controlled environment of the EarthBox ® allowed us to perform experiments and witness scientific concepts in action; it also insured the health of our plants and the wealth of our harvest. Thank you EarthBox! ”                                                                                                                     — Brigid Philbin, After School Program

The EarthBox Garden at the Discovery Center in Binghamton New York provides a focal point for several programs. At risk youth grow produce in EarthBoxes® to learn to plant, nurture and harvest food crops while learning the names and nutritional value of the vegetables. Then, they integrate their harvest into a history lesson by using the vegetables to cook, serve and eat historically related meals like those served at Williamsburg at Thanksgiving. EarthBoxes® will be incorporated into the Story Garden in the upcoming year. The Story Garden provides a magical setting for young children to visit and relate the displayed plants to the books that they read, or are read to them by staff or parents. The program interconnects the pleasures of the garden with the pleasure of reading and provides a foundation for a life-long attraction to both. Students in many programs harvest crops to donate to CHOW, a food pantry that feeds the hungry throughout the county.                          

— Donna, Museum Educator