About Wickwell Gardens

More about us, Andrew and Lauren and what we stand for.

Wickwell Gardens is more than the beds we build. This page is where we want to be completely open about who we are, why we started the business, what we believe in and the standards we hold ourselves to.

You'll find our mission, the five pillars that guide Wickwell Gardens, the materials we use, the decisions we make and the reasons behind them. No marketing spin — just a clear look at what we stand for and why we do things the way we do.

First off, below we'll start with how does a wicking bed even work and why are they better?

How Wicking Beds Work

Saves

Water

Can reduce water usage by up to 70%.

Healthier Plants

Consistent moisture levels promote strong, more productive plants.

Less Frequent

Watering

Holds 3-6 weeks of water within reservoir for easy maintenance.

Easier Growing

Roots receive water from below yielding stronger crops.

Smarter Healthier Way to Grow

Wickwell Gardens designed wicking beds are made to make growing vegetables, herbs, fruit, etc. easy! Instead of relying on top watering, a wicking bed stores water below and the plants draw from it when needed. This helps reduce water waste, protect roots from drying out and create better growing conditions. The wicking beds that we install will work NSW and ACT wide and you will help reduce water usage and have healthier veggies!

Our Five Pillars

Below we'll go over the five pillars we focus all our decisions from:

1. Accessibility

2. Better Quality Food
3. Saving Time / Money
4. Education
5. Sustainability

Accessibility

We believe growing food at home should be accessible to more people — regardless of age, mobility, experience, available space or budget.

Not every garden will suit every person, and no garden truly maintains itself. But we can remove a lot of the barriers that stop people from growing food in the first place.

We do that in a few practical ways:

Options for different budgets
We want to offer different sizes and setups so growing food at home isn't limited to people who can afford a large custom installation.
Fully installed
You don't need to build anything, lift heavy materials or work out how the wicking system goes together. We deliver it, build it, fill it and leave it ready to plant.
Built around the person using it
We can build different heights for children, adults and older gardeners, as well as wheelchair-accessible beds designed to make planting, maintaining and harvesting easier for people with limited mobility.
Made for different spaces
Small courtyards, suburban backyards, larger properties, schools, community spaces and farms all need different solutions. We build around the space you actually have.
Delivered to your door
The bed, wicking system, soil and installation all come to you. You don't need a trailer, a ute or a weekend spent collecting materials.
Much less regular watering
Wicking beds store water underneath the soil and supply moisture back to the plants as needed. They still need care, planting and maintenance, but they remove a lot of the constant watering that can make traditional vegetable gardens hard to keep up with.

Our Community Bed Initiative

Accessibility also means helping people who may not otherwise be able to afford a garden.

For every four qualifying full-size Wickwell wicking beds sold, we will donate one garden bed to a community, organization or place in need.

That could be a school, community group, support service, aged-care facility or another organization where access to fresh food and gardening could genuinely be useful.

This isn't intended to be a short-term promotion.

The more Wickwell grows, the more gardens we want to put back into the community.

Better Quality Food

One of the biggest reasons we believe in growing food at home is simple: you know how it was grown.

You choose the soil. You choose what goes onto the plants. You decide whether pesticides, sprays or synthetic fertilizers are used. And when something is ready, you can pick it and eat it fresh.

We're not going to tell you supermarket vegetables are toxic or that growing your own food will magically make you healthy. What we can say is that growing at home gives you far more control over the food you eat.

Here's what that means in practice:

Materials chosen for growing food
Our beds use untreated Cypress Pine and a wicking system made from polypropylene components suitable for their intended use around water and food-growing environments. We deliberately avoid treated timber in the main garden-bed structure because we want customers to feel confident about what surrounds their soil.
You control what goes onto your produce
Want to grow without synthetic pesticides or chemical sprays? You can. Because it's your garden, you make those decisions rather than relying on someone further up the food supply chain to make them for you.
Picked when you're ready to eat it
Produce doesn't need to be picked early to survive transport, storage and supermarket shelves. Walk outside, pick what you need and eat it. That's about as fresh as food gets.
Less time sitting in the fridge
When you can harvest only what you need, the rest stays growing instead of slowly deteriorating in your refrigerator. That can mean fresher produce and less being thrown away.
Grow with the seasons
You can't realistically grow every vegetable all year round — and we won't pretend you can. But with the right planting plan, you can have different vegetables, herbs and produce coming out of the garden throughout the year.
Start with quality soil
A productive garden starts below the surface. We fill our installations with a quality growing mix designed to support healthy roots, good drainage, moisture movement and strong plant growth.
More control over what your household eats
Eating more fresh vegetables, herbs and whole foods is a good thing. Growing them metres from your home also makes them easier to access and gives you complete visibility over how they were produced.

The point isn't that homegrown food is magical.

It's that it's yours.

You know what it was grown in, what was put on it, when it was picked and how far it travelled before reaching your plate.

For us, that's better quality food.