We have been talking for a while now at Garden Anywhere Box about the possibility (and necessity) of having our boxes manufactured. We have checked with different companies, but with no success. The prices are $$$ just to manufacture the mold, let alone manufacture the the volume of boxes that we would need to be able to be in stores like Lowe's or Home Depot. The saying that it takes money to make money is so true...
So, what to do? In the meantime, we do the best we can. Our family makes Garden Anywhere Box by hand. We cut out the parts and put them together. We put together the packets of fertilizer, dolomite and connector tubes that go with each box sold. We can truly say that we are not only "Made in America" but we are "Made in Oklahoma". We'd like to keep it that way.
We've looked into going overseas to manufacture our boxes. It would be less expensive because they don't have the regulations that the USA does. They also don't have child labor laws in place apparently. We don't like the feel of going overseas anyway. It might lower the cost of our boxes, but we would lose the right to call ourselves, "Made in America". Imho, it would not be worth it. Some day we'll be able to get our boxes manufactured here. Until then, you are witnessing a business beginning (literally) from the ground up. With faith and hard work, we will make our business grow.
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