WaterUps for Schools & ELCS
Gardening Solutions for Schools and Early Learning Centres
At WaterUps, we believe in making gardening accessible and enjoyable for students of all ages. Our innovative wicking system technology transforms gardening into a fun, educational activity for children and educators alike. By integrating WaterUps systems into your Early Learning Centre or School, you can foster a love for nature and sustainability from an early age.
School gardens are important for teaching children where food comes from. Increasingly with food scarcity in many families, and 13.6% of Australians living below the poverty line, knowing how to grow food is an important life skill to master.
Compared to seventy years ago, more than two-thirds of Australians now live in a capital city with the urban sprawl of our cities taking up once was valuable land used for market gardens and quarter-acre home blocks.
For many children today, fruit and vegetables come from the supermarket – they don’t have any lived experience of growing food nor food production. Plus, they are losing the connection to land which can be a valuable anchor for people as they go through life.
This is why across ELC and school initiatives like Nature Play, Recycling and edible gardens are taking off.
In some locations, WaterUps has links with organisations that can provide ongoing advice and assistance in maintaining your school garden, e.g., in NSW, this is Sydney Pocket City Farms and Wollongong Green Connect.
We’ve created tailored solutions to help schools, early learning centres, and community groups start or expand their garden programs.
Download our Education Garden Solutions Catalogue by clicking below:
This catalogue provides:
At WaterUps, we enrich education with sustainable gardening solutions. Our innovative wicking systems offer hands-on, curriculum-aligned learning experiences.
Together, we can create vibrant, sustainable learning spaces that inspire and educate the next generation.
Contact us today to learn about our exclusive offers and tailored packages for schools!
Want to explore the best garden solution for your school or centre?
Schedule a time with one of our Education Garden Specialists:
Our team will walk you through the pricing tiers, funding options, and which WaterUps products best suit your space and learning goals.
Interactive Learning with WaterUps
Our wicking beds are more than just a gardening tool; they are a gateway to a world of discovery and learning for young minds. Here’s why WaterUps is an invaluable addition to your educational institution. WaterUps provides the ideal solution for schools looking to implement vegetable gardens and sensory herb gardens.
We offer three solutions suitable for schools and ELCs:
To see how Trinity Grammar School in Sydney incorporated their Green Patches into the curriculum, watch the video below put together by their Sustainability Teacher, Mel Bargwanna.
WaterUps Wicking Solutions are made from 100% Australian recycled plastic.
As a company we invest heavily in research and development and thus provide affordable wicking solutions and gardening tips that deliver superior results.
WaterUps worked with Landscape Architecture lecturer at UNSW, Melinda Bargwanna, to help establish an amazing array of wicking garden beds for growing edibles in a various areas of the junior school. These will be central to the sustainability ciriculum that Meinda will be running at Trinity.
WaterUps did its first installation for Urban Landscape Projects at their Kiddiwinks Pre School project at South Windsor in western Sydney. ULP has been building wicking beds into their landscape designs for a number of years. They are now using WaterUps because they make installation much easier.
WaterUps was approached by Bondi Public, a Stephanie Alexander kitchen garden school, to help solve a watering problem with their garden beds. This led to the school installing 35 WaterUps Oasis steel beds over the following year. In November 2022 the schools added additional Oasis beds and 3 new in-ground wicking beds with Sub-Irrigation Channels and Tree Planters.
WaterUps helped St Luke’s refit a large existing garden bed on the roof area of the school with WaterUps and to build a new timber wicking bed which is used within their Sustainability program and across various subject curriculum.
"Creating and maintaining gardens helps students to develop knowledge and skills for sustainable living, and for studying how we can meet human needs while preserving the environment for future generations. Practical activities in garden design, planting and harvesting, can be linked to a range of curriculum areas including science, arts, literacy, and numeracy."
Government Office of Environment & Heritage
"Involving students in food gardens is a rewarding and educational experience with academic, social and environmental benefits."
Sustainable Schools NSW
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