by Ian Collins | Jan 25, 2022 | Community Gardens, Garden Wicking, Raised beds, School & ELC Projects, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 25th January 2021 by Ian Collins The Murraylands Community Men’s Shed has been building timber wicking beds using the WaterUps system since October 2020. Their latest venture has been to build 24 1.6m x 0.8m wicking beds as part of the redevelopment of...
by Ian Collins | Dec 5, 2021 | Commercial Projects, Garden Wicking, Landscape Projects, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 5th December 2021 by Ian Collins Award winning architect Ryan Strating’s Core Collective designed this amazing roof garden in Hobart, Tasmania. Given the exposed position and limited access for maintenance, Ryan wanted this garden to be largely able to...
by Ian Collins | Nov 9, 2020 | Garden Wicking, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens, WaterUps Featured
This month we have been lucky enough to have a guest contributor. Fiona de Souza has been responsible for the kitchen garden at Bondi Public school. We asked her to write a piece about her experience with the introduction of wicking beds at the school. We thought that...
by Ian Collins | Aug 17, 2020 | Community Gardens, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Horticulture Projects, School & ELC Projects, School Gardens, WaterUps
Wicking beds helping our birds and bees Posted on: 17th August 2020 by Ian Collins and Dr Judy Friedlander A recent collaboration with PlantingSeeds’ B & B Highway has resulted in a new application of our wicking beds in pollinator gardens. The B & B Highway –...
by Ian Collins | Jul 5, 2020 | Commercial Projects, Community Projects, Garden Wicking, Landscape Projects, Residential Projects, School & ELC Projects, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Optimal height of a wicking bed depends on what you plant Posted on: 3rd July 2020 by Ian Collins There is only really one rule when it comes to the height of wicking beds. That is, the science of capillary action determines that the vertical wicking distance is...
