Wicking Garden Beds in The Hills District

The Hills District, covering Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Beaumont Hills, Kenthurst and Glenorie, has larger blocks, more ambitious gardens and the heavy clay soils typical of Sydney's north-west. Clay holds water unpredictably and bakes hard in summer, which is one reason wicking beds work so well here: they give plants a consistent, sealed
reservoir to draw from regardless of what the surrounding Hills District ground is doing, and the raised height keeps gardening comfortable on family-sized plots.

We have done a number of installs across the Hills District, several involving pool-fence setbacks and trellised beds for larger families. The projects below show how the system suits the area's bigger gardens.