MEL BARTHOLOMEW is the originator and inventor of the Square Foot Gardening™ method. It was Mel’s vision to end world hunger by “Teaching a man how to fish” instead of giving him fish. Mel also believed that teaching people in underserved countries how to grow their own fresh produce was a ...
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All New Square Foot Gardening, 3rd Edition Coming Fall 2018
With over 2.5 million copies in print, the Square Foot Gardening books are among the most popular gardening books ever published. The Foundation, working with publisher Cool Springs Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing, has created a revised and expanded edition, All New Square Foot Gardening: ...
Facebook Live from Guatemala: Cultiva International
Lasting change. That's what Cultiva International Co-Founders Greg and Lucy Jensen had in mind when they started the organization. After moving their family to Guatemala in 2013, the two noticed that many organizations would visit the area, provide temporary help, and leave. They envisioned ...
World Square Foot Gardening Day 2018
On July 1, the Square Foot Gardening Foundation hosted a 24-Hour Online Global Celebration of Square Foot Gardening! The entire day was packed with giveaways, tips, videos, Facebook LIVE videos from Certified Instructors around the world, and more. We welcomed new Certified Instructors to the ...
Humanitarian
The mission of the Square Foot Gardening Foundation is to help end world hunger. With resource constraints, civil unrest, and natural disasters the job of feeding the world’s growing population is extremely challenging. This challenge is exacerbated by rapid population ...
$10k Grant to Connect Gardening with Healthy Eating
PlantPure Communities has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Square Foot Gardening (SFG) Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Mel Bartholomew. The grant is to support the integration of a gardening component into the PlantPure Communities Oasis Program; and to share the Square Foot ...
Become A Certified Instructor
Square Foot Gardening™ is changing lives for the better. Teaching self-reliance and sustainability through the Square Foot Gardening™ Certified Instructor program is a wonderful way to make an impact on your community. > As a Certified Instructor (CI), you will gain a level of expertise that ...
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The Square Foot Gardening method saves gardeners time, effort, tools, space and water. Schools across the nation and international humanitarian groups around the world are using the Square Foot Gardening method making inroads against poverty and hunger. The Square Foot Gardening method is estimated ...
