A living lab your students grow, measure, and eat from.
The STEM Garden is a compact indoor hydroponic system built for K-12 classrooms and university campuses. Students plant, track growth, and harvest fresh greens year-round. No greenhouse, no outdoor plot, no green thumb required.
A 20-minute call. We map it to your space, budget, and goals.
Trusted by leading campuses and the dining partners who run them
94%
Less water used vs.
traditional field farming
45+
mixes to grow year-
round
0
Pesticides used,
ever
Sustainability and STEM shouldn't only live in a slide deck.
Modern students expect their institutions to lead on environmental stewardship. Yet, most agricultural education is confined to textbooks, seasonal garden beds, or distant agricultural extensions.
Weather constraints, heavy manual maintenance, and limited space lock agricultural science away from the vast majority of students. They learn the theory of circular food systems but never touch them.
STEM Garden closes that gap. It places a transparent vertical farm right where students live and learn, turning everyday dining and classroom hours into immediate environmental data.
One cabinet-sized farm. A dozen ways to use it.
The STEM Garden pairs robust industrial hydroponics with a plug-and-play modular layout designed for hands-on, student-led operation.
Built for participation
Removable growing trays let multiple classroom teams plant, tend, and test side-by-side simultaneously.
About 2 hours a month
Semi-automated watering and lighting run on preset recipes so your staff never gets overwhelmed.
Enclosed and lockable
Fully tempered glass enclosure ensures a completely sanitary, pest-free, food-safe grow environment in active public hallways.
Fits the rooms you have
With a footprint of just 3.4 feet wide and standard 110V power, it rolls cleanly through standard classroom doors.
No season, no weather
Optimized LED arrays simulate sunlight to allow continuous production even through harsh northern winters.
45+ crop options
Grow diverse heirloom lettuces, mineral-rich kales, fragrant basils, microgreens, or custom educational seed varieties.
From seed to salad, in four steps.
Plant
Simply insert seed pods into growing trays. No messy potting soil or heavy gardening tools required.
Grow & track
Monitor light cycles, pH levels, and plant transpiration in real-time through the user-friendly control panel.
Harvest
Clip fresh head lettuces and fragrant herbs in just 21 days—providing instant culinary rewards for your teams.
Use it
Serve output in university dining halls, coordinate K-12 cooking labs, or donate fresh greens to local shelters.
Built for the classroom and the campus.
Unifying educational rigor with high-impact institutional sustainability targets.
K-12 SCHOOLS
Curriculum that students remember
For principals, STEM coordinators, and sustainability leads
Cross-curricular by design
Easily integrates into biology, chemistry, algebra, environmental science, and nutrition classes.
Ready-made curriculum partners
Pre-written lesson plans mapped strictly to NGSS and state-specific educational guidelines.
Healthier habits early
Students who grow their own vegetables are demonstrably more eager to try new, fresh foods.
Safe for young students
Enclosed cabinet system without exposed water reservoirs, knives, or chemical lines.
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
A visible campus differentiator
For dining, sustainability, facilities, and student life teams
Fresh produce in dining halls
Harvest directly into student plates. Zero packaging, zero transport emissions, maximum freshness.
Counts toward green credits
Generate reportable data that easily contributes directly to AASHE STARS ratings.
Recruitment and retention
Demonstrates tangible, high-tech commitment to sustainability that prospects actively look for.
Student-run and research-ready
Provide high-value student research opportunities in agriculture tech, botany, and botany-engineering.
The proof shows up at the salad bar.
Turn a farm into reportable impact.
Indoor agriculture generates precise operational data. Every gallon of water conserved, and every pound of food grown locally, automatically feeds into standard green building certifications.
LEED Certification
Contributes directly to water efficiency and regional sourcing optimization credits.
AASHE STARS Rating
Helps universities earn critical public points under Curriculum, Dining, and Engagement categories.
WELL Building
Supports mental and physical health standards through active indoor biophilic design integrations.
FCC · CE Standards
Built with UL listed components, tested strictly for placement in active public facilities
Everything your facilities team will ask.
Plugs into standard 110V outlets. No dedicated water hookup required.
Plants at a time
Fresh produce per week
Upkeep per month
Power per day
Width footprint
Designed & built
The honest questions.
We think transparency is the best policy. Let’s cover what actually goes into running one of these systems day to day.
How much staff time does it really take?
Under 2 hours a month. Water changes are automated, and cleaning involves simple wiping during standard harvest intervals.
Do we need any growing experience?
Absolutely none. The integrated software determines watering, nutrition, and lighting profiles. Seed pods ship directly ready-to-plug.
Where does it fit?
Any standard indoor wall with a 3.4-foot width clearance and proximity to standard power. It is fully quiet and enclosed.
Who actually runs it?
Typically managed by student interns, facilities coordinators, dining teams, or biology teachers looking for hands-on activities.
Can it support our sustainability reporting?
Yes, our dashboard provides download-ready PDF metrics on electricity, water conservation, and localized crop yields.
Book a demo and we'll map it to your school.
Our team will walk you through operations, space requirements, custom budget fits, and educational curriculum alignments in a brief, direct video call.
Proudly made in the USA
