Raised Wicking Garden Beds Australia

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The water wicks up through the gravel to the soil creating a perfect growing environment for thirsty plants and healthy soil. Raised garden bed kits that are self watering with a wicking bed design elevated and portable with a greenhouse cover it s chemical free easy gardening. She s lucky enough to get them from a local market gardener for just 15 each. Drawing water from a reservoir below the growing medium wicking beds operate on the concept of capillary action with the soil and plant roots drawing this water upwards as required.

This drawing from little veggie patch shows how they work. The timber comes from sustainably grown pine plantations in south australia. Self watering pots have been around for decades and are based o the principle of sub irrigation where the water supply sits below the. A system devised by australian engineer colin austin wicking garden beds and wicking worm beds are gaining popularity as a wonderfully water wise garden bed alternative.

All the liners and pipes used are food safe. Diy wicking bed conversion kits potable water grade liner geotextile fabric and plumbing assemblies all across australia wicking bed installation services in melbourne natural cypress veggie bed edging whether as diy kitsets or fully installed by our professional team. Watering a wicking bed is easy. Birdies products are perfect for growing a variety of plants weather that be growing veggies in the backyard or for a rooftop garden in a city.

We are australia s leading original manufacturer of raised garden beds and their associated products. A wicking bed is a self watering raised garden bed and even though the design is a relatively new innovation that is catching the attention of many produce gardeners worldwide it is essentially nothing more than a large scale version of a self watering pot. The waterups wicking cells and the biofilta foodcube are made from 100 recycled plastic and are designed and manufactured in australia. Our timber garden beds are new untreated solid pine and will last 10 years.

Water is drawn up into the soil via capillary action from a reservoir in the bottom of the wicking bed. Crates tanks baths troughs and drums can all be used to create a wicking bed. They have a large reservoir of water and gravel in the bottom. Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only.

Check out our range of raised garden beds products at your local bunnings warehouse. Wicking beds are sort of like really big self watering plant pots. We encourage retail customers to use our click deliver or drive collect. You can build a wicking bed out of any sort of container but sophie likes to use big old wooden vegetable crates.