by Ian Collins | Jun 7, 2021 | Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Residential Projects, WaterUps Featured
Wicking bed gardening in June Feeding yourself from balcony planters This month, I thought I would continue on the small planter theme, but back in relation to growing edible plants. Six weeks ago I started a vegetable garden in nine (9) WaterUps Square Planters that...
by Ian Collins | Jun 1, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Landscape Projects, WaterUps Featured
WaterUps installed in street planters Plants play an important role in removing traffic pollution from the air as they absorb carbon dioxide and emit oxygen. North Sydney Council has some of Sydney’s busiest arterial roads which makes urban greening initiatives...
by Ian Collins | May 22, 2021 | Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Horticulture Projects, Residential Projects, WaterUps Featured
Wicking bed gardening in May Wicking beds for indoor plants This blog will focus on how wicking systems can be used to water your indoor plants With the WaterUps square planter on the market for a few months now, I thought I would try something a little different and...
by Ian Collins | May 16, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Landscape Projects, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 16 May 2021 by Ian Collins In late 2020 the Forbes Shire Council wanted to install large tree planters to act as bollard protection and to improve the streetscape of the city centre. The council wanted a low maintenance solution that would keep their trees...
by Ian Collins | May 6, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Landscape Projects, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 6 May 2021 by Ian Collins When BPSM Architects were designing the rooftop bar of the Crowne Plaza in Hobart they knew they wanted to include perimeter garden beds featuring Australian bush tucker plants. The challenge was how to keep the plants alive without...
by Ian Collins | Apr 29, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Community Projects, Horticulture Projects, Landscape Projects, Raised beds, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, WaterUps Featured
Waterups® is proud to announce that we have passed a major milestone of 20 million litres of water saved – that’s the volume of 8 Olympic sized swimming pools! A nine week trial conducted by Peter Rutherford, Senior Ecologist at the Eco House and...