Wicking beds

The wicking bed, or self-watering garden, is not that mirage of water in the desert. Rather, it is one of the most user-friendly growing infrastructures for all the lifestyle, time-poor, lazy gardeners out there. Using the age-old idea of capillary action, water in a reservoir below is drawn up and into the soil, to be used by the plants as required. Ever dipped a tissue in a glass of water and watched the moisture climb up the fibres, defying gravity? A wicking bed works in the same way.

A wicking bed is a self-watering raised garden bed for a drought-prone climate. Learn how to build one with these step-by-step instructions.

From challenges, great ideas can come!! One of the Green Square, community’s raised garden beds, has deteriorated – to the point it needs to be replaced. You wouldn’t believe jus…

If you’ve been looking for another way to water your thirsty garden, you might like to try wicking beds.

Wicking Bed 2.0 By Raymond Jess Editor’s note: Check out our podcast interview with Raymond here, and read his first wicking bed article here. The influence behind the ingenuity… Two…

Charlie Albone shows you how.

DIY Wicking Bed Container Garden Tutorial

Wicking Bed Raised Garden: I recently moved into an apartment where my landlord said that I could use a small plot of land for a garden this year. I had been reading through a number of instructables on self watering planters and came across a design for a Wicking Bed G…

We did a design for Ken and Jenny in Rosanna a few years back now (view larger version of design here): […]

Make your own wicking beds from recycled material. Learn how to be water-wise using a water reservoir with your wicking garden bed.