by Ian Collins | May 6, 2022 | School Gardens
School Veggie Garden – a case study Teaching children about gardening and growing their own food is a wonderfully rewarding activity, with numerous benefits such as learning critical life skills, engaging with the environment, and supporting physical and mental...
by Ian Collins | Aug 31, 2021 | Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Raised beds, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens
WaterUps Oasis bed with a Flexi Garden Frames cover perfect for food growing Angus has completed a trial of the Flexi Frame protective cover for our Oasis 1680 bed. He compared its performance to a similarly planted adjacent bed that used a chicken wire cover. ...
by Ian Collins | May 20, 2021 | Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Raised beds, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens
Angus assembles and plants out his new WaterUps® square planter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQPABGzbdjo&t=9sVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Waterups Single Cell Planter Box (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQPABGzbdjo&t=9s)...
by Ian Collins | Apr 13, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Horticulture Projects, Landscape Projects, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 13th Apr 2021 by Eric Sturman Sowing the seeds to grow the greens in your wicking bed Now, what are the advantages of sowing seeds over just buying seedlings? While seedlings save you about 4 to 6 weeks in time, you are significantly restricted in what...
by Ian Collins | Apr 5, 2021 | Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Landscape Projects, Raised beds, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
This year Eric Sturman from WaterUps® joined Costa, and other roaming reporters for the Sydney Edible Garden Trail. Due to COVID restriction and concerns gardeners opened their gardens for both a physical and virtual trail. The aim of ‘the trail’ is to encourage and...
by Ian Collins | Mar 5, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Horticulture Projects, Landscape Projects, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 3 Mar 2021 by Eric Sturman Autumn gardening in your wicking beds These are the Goldilocks weeks. Not too hot, not yet cold. With the hottest of the Summer days at our backs, the garden is a much more pleasant place at this time of year, but while the air...