Square Foot Gardening, 4th Edition (Cool Springs Press) by the Square Foot Gardening Foundation Originally published in the June/July 2025 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and regularly vetted for accuracy.

Weeds are typically nonexistent in a well-planned square-foot garden. Grow up. Growing vertically can be an excellent strategy to grow vegetables in small spaces.

A 4,500-square-foot garden will soak up hundreds of thousands of gallons of stormwater and prevent flooding. About 80 volunteers helped with the work at Claude Allision Park.

Square-foot gardening employs a system of laying out, planting and maintaining a productive garden in almost any amount of space, utilizing small plots based on a grid of squares measuring 1 foot ...

Weeds are typically nonexistent in a well-planned square-foot garden. Grow up. Growing vertically can be an excellent strategy to grow vegetables in small spaces.

Weeds are typically nonexistent in a well-planned square-foot garden. Grow up. Growing vertically can be an excellent strategy to grow vegetables in small spaces.