by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Horticulture Projects, Landscape Projects, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 15th September 2021 by Eric Sturman and Ian Collins Drip irrigation is probably the most widely used system of irrigation in landscaping. So we thought we would see how wicking bed sub-irrigation using WaterUps® compares. We look at both irrigation systems in...
by admin | Sep 4, 2021 | Community Gardens, Garden Wicking, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 3rd September 2021 by Ian Collins and Tia Ngawhika Community gardens are localized hubs for environmental change. They increase urban greenery and knowledge about healthy eating and provide relatively inexpensive food sources. By tackling the issue of food...
by admin | Aug 15, 2021 | WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 15th August 2021 by Ian Collins We are pleased to announce that WaterUps® has acquired a 50% interest in Flexi Garden Frames®. In our search for a netting solution for our Oasis range of wicking beds, we struggled to find any company in the market that...
by admin | Jul 11, 2021 | Accreditation, Garden Wicking, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 11th July 2021 by Ian Collins It seemed fitting that at the beginning of this month, we passed the 8,600kg mark in the amount of recycled plastic that we have used in our products. After all, it is Plastic Free July. Globally, 100 000 marine animals die every...
by admin | May 8, 2021 | Garden Wicking, Landscape Projects, Residential Projects, WaterUps
Posted: 9th May 2021 by Ian Collins Often the first question we are asked by people who are not familiar with wicking is, “how does it work?” Well, we usually explain that it is based on a scientific principle called capillary rise. This was first observed by Leonardo...
by admin | 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...