BYU Broadcasting | HomeGrown HOME EPISODE INFORMATION PRODUCTION INFORMATION How to Do Square-Foot Gardening Learn how to start your own square-foot garden from Mel Bartholomew, who first introduced the technique over twenty years ago. Mel has literally traveled the globe teaching this revolutionary gardening system to millions of gardeners. Featured Expert: Mel Bartholomew Mel Bartholomew a former engineer and efficiency expert didn’t start gardening until he was in his middle- age. After years of using the traditional single row method he felt he was wasting too much of his valuable time and energy. So he decided to apply his skills of finding a more efficient way of gardening and ended up creating the Square Foot Gardening method. Contact Mel at