2017
We started with Garden Boxes.
21 wooden boxes in. Boards warped, termites won, and trees had to come down in a country already in drought. We needed a better way.
Sustainable Food
Garden Towers. Fresh Food Close to Home.
Every family wants nutritious food on the table. With a Garden Tower and support from local leaders, families can grow their own vegetables and build opportunities from each harvest.
The Promise
A Small Space. A Steady Source of Fresh Greens.
Four feet tall and holding up to 120 plants, a Garden Tower grows vegetables vertically, right outside a family’s door. It uses about 30% less water than traditional gardening. Local teams build the towers and teach families how to plant, care for, and harvest them.
How the Garden Tower Began
A Hard Lesson. A Community That Refused to Wait.
2018
The first Garden Tower took root.
Kotolian School. Narok County. Fresh vegetables in a vertical footprint with less water. A better way to grow began to take root.
2019–2020
400 towers proved the model.
With the USANA Foundation, we ran a 400-tower pilot in Bomet. The data was clear: 3–8 meals per week, per family of five, using 30% less water.
2023
10,000 in Kenya. The world joined in.
11 communities, hand in hand with local directors. USANA expanded the program to 14 more countries.
2025
25,000 towers. A movement.
25,000+ in Kenya. 50,000+ around the world. Families eating consistently, selling surplus, paying school fees with their harvest.
Now
We give the blueprint to the world — free.
The Garden Tower Academy turns ten years of field knowledge into free, step-by-step courses in English, Swahili, and Spanish.
Beyond the Tower
Food on the Plate. Income in the Home.
A Garden Tower opens the door. From there, families build chicken and goat enterprises that turn daily food security into lasting household income.
Chicken Businesses
Eggs every morning. Protein on the plate. Surplus sold at market. A flock turns a few square feet into steady family income.
Goat Enterprises
Milk for the children. Breeding stock to grow the herd. A savings account that walks on four legs and multiplies year after year.
Five-Year Impact
Five Years. One Sustainable Model.
Nearly 28,000
Garden Towers in Kenya
88,000+
Direct Beneficiaries
21
Communities
$505K+
Into local economies
Every tower employs a small local team — 2 sewers, 4 builders, and 1 community director — earning roughly $20 per tower. 147 local jobs supported. Construction wages alone, not counting the income families earn from selling what they grow.
"After my husband passed, I didn't know how I would feed my children. Then a neighbor knelt beside me and showed me how to build a Garden Tower. Within weeks, we had kale and spinach growing outside our door. For the first time in months, my children ate vegetables every day. I remember the moment I realized — we're going to be okay."
— Nashipae, mother of four, Maasai Mara, Kenya
The Academy
Three Steps. Fresh Food. Your Hands.
You don't need a degree. You don't need special tools. You just need to start.
1
Watch. Learn. Feel Ready.
Short, visual lessons walk you through gathering stones and soil to planting your first seedlings. No guesswork.
2
Build It With Your Own Hands.
Shade fabric, seeds, stones, soil. One afternoon. A vertical garden that feeds your family for years.
3
Harvest. Share. Repeat.
Harvest fresh greens for family meals. Share what you learn with a neighbor, and sell surplus when there is enough to spare.
Grow. Eat. Sell. Reinvest.
Your Support Keeps Growing.
Fresh greens add variety to family meals. When families have surplus to sell, that income can help with school fees, livestock, or the next planting. Nearly 28,000 Garden Towers have been built in Kenya. The exact live count is on our homepage.
Your Turn
Every Tower Is a Promise Kept.
Learn to build a Garden Tower and pass the knowledge on, or walk alongside a family by partnering with us. Either way, you're part of this.