GREEN OUR PLANET
SCHOOLS
Green Our Planet’s K-12 digital learning platform + classroom hydroponics = higher STEM achievement and more curious, connected learners.
Growing curious minds… confident learners… a hopeful future.
Green Our Planet Schools provides hands-on learning that helps students fall in love with science and believe in themselves.
This turnkey program provides teachers with everything they need to spark curiosity, boost STEM performance, and help re-engage and reconnect students to the planet and to the world around them.
Most schools struggle to deliver hands-on learning in STEM, nutrition, conservation, and entrepreneurship.
53%
of U.S. students are disengaged at school
65%
of teachers report burnout and lack time to create engaging lessons
Green Our Planet Schools:
An easy-to-implement, powerful solution to more engaged, connected classrooms.
Green Our Planet makes it easy to run powerful, project-based learning by combining award-winning K-12 curricula, teacher training, and a national educator community — with flourishing hydroponics systems.
The GROW Learning Portal + Hydroponics
One Platform. Multiple Ways to Learn, Teach, and Connect.
Ready-to-Use Curricula
400+ standards-aligned K–12 lessons across STEM, financial literacy, health & wellness, and conservation; including ready-to-use slide decks, videos for every lesson, and printable worksheets.
A National Educator Community
Educators have the opportunity to connect with 2,000+ teachers around the country to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and celebrate student success.
Training & Coaching
We help set you up for success through self-paced courses, live workshops, and ongoing support—no gardening or hydroponics experience required.
AI-Enhanced Learning (Coming soon!)
Friendly AI-powered classroom assistants that help students explore science, sustainability, and problem-solving in new ways.
All of this lives inside the GROW Portal—an intuitive, all-in-one platform that supports teachers from day one and helps students grow skills that matter.
Have questions?
Send us an email or fill out the interest form.
Proven Impact.
Measurable Results.
Green Our Planet operates the largest school garden and hydroponics program in the nation—and the only STEMWorks-accredited program of its kind.
After just one year, an independent study showed:
93%
of students improved STEM academic achievement
81%
of students were more engaged in and excited about STEM
79%
of students ate more fruits and vegetables
We’ve seen an incredible 20% rise in science scores since starting the hydroponics program!
Teachers are now teaching in an integrated fashion: they’re talking science, finance, reading, and writing, all in the same class.
Shirley Jimenez
Principal, Cartwright Elementary
Across the country and around the globe, schools are reimagining what learning can feel like—more alive, more human, more connected to the world beyond the classroom.
Simple to Launch. Powerful to Experience
Trusted by 1,350+ schools, Green Our Planet’s school garden program implementation is simple, structured, and teacher-friendly.
1
Set Up Your Growing Space
We help schools create a thriving hydroponics classroom using either large systems (with 216-288 planting pods) or smaller tabletop units—no prior experience required. The tabletop units can be set up in just a few minutes.
2
Engage Students in Hands-on STEM Learning
Teachers use the GROW Portal to access 400+ ready-to-use lessons, slide decks, videos, and worksheets as students grow food, run experiments, and analyze real data.
3
Receive Ongoing Support
Teachers receive ongoing professional development, coaching, and year-round support (live or asynchronous)—plus access to a national educator community.
4
Harvest, Taste, Share, and Celebrate
Students harvest what they grow—sharing food through classroom tastings, cafeterias, families, and student-run farmers markets that empower them to be “farmpreneurs.”
This is a meaningful and well-run experience that I’d recommend to any school. The resources are easy to follow, and the students are truly engaged. It’s made science feel real and exciting. The Green Our Planet team is supportive and always ready to help.
Shantile Thomas
K-8 Science Teacher, STEM Coordinator
Mableton, GA
Explore the Curricula
Promoting Skills that Last a Lifetime
When students learn through growing a garden, they gain skills that last a lifetime. Learning stops feeling abstract—and starts shaping who they become.
Ciara Byrne
CEO & Co-Founder, Green Our Planet
Let’s Get Growing!
Whether you’re a teacher, school leader, district administrator, or parent, you can bring hands-on STEM, wellness, and environmental learning to your school—helping students re-engage with learning and helping teachers rediscover the joy, energy, and purpose that brought them to the classroom in the first place.
Ready to get started?
Fill out a brief interest form so we can bring Green Our Planet programming to your school!
