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.

You don’t have to have a green thumb to raise a cornucopia of produce in 16 square feet in your back yard, as even novice gardeners will be able to discover if they buy a Square Foot Gardening ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.