The Educational EarthBox®
Elementary Testimonials
“The Earthboxes provided an affordable, simple way to bring gardening into an elementary school classroom! My high school students and FFA members prepared and delivered their own lessons in plant anatomy and physiology to our partner (5th grade) classroom. As they promoted agricultural literacy and taught real-life science, I was able to assess their understanding of the concepts.”
— Michelle Sutton
Teacher & FFA Advisor
Agricultural & Environmental Science
TST BOCES - New Visions Program
PVPV/Rawlings Elementary School Parent to School Cooperative Summer Garden Update 2007
“We have great news! In May we entered our vegetable garden into a contest conducted by the St. Johns County Cooperative Extension Service and we won first place!! Our ribbons are proudly displayed in the Rawlings front office on our new Vegetable Garden Board. The contest had eight different categories and we entered the ‘organic garden, no size requirement’ category. Thanks to all the parents who helped us with this project that is well underway.
In addition, we have now planted 23 EarthBoxes with the following herbs and produce: pumpkins, cucumbers, basil, parsley, thyme, purple and white onions, carrots, squash, various peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes. We have set up a summer rotating garden schedule in order to keep the garden healthy and harvest our veggies. Several PVPV/Rawlings families volunteered to help with the garden over the summer and incorporate our children/students in the process. The harvested produce is available in a basket in the Rawlings front office for visitors and administrative staff. We are excited to continue to reinforce our healthy initiative by offering our home-grown (well, school-grown) vegetables to you all.
ENJOY!!”
—Ragda McAfee and the Parent Garden Committee