Cronulla, NSW

Some expert gardeners in Cronulla wanted to replace half their existing ground level veggie patch with something easier on the back!

This is one of the biggest beds we have built, and is perfectly level, providing an deep and even under-soil water reservoir which keeps the whole area well watered for weeks at a time.

In this weather this bed will never need to be topped up!

Cronulla sits on sandy, salt-touched coastal soil that drains quickly and dries out fast in the sea breeze, which is exactly the situation a self-watering raised bed is built for. By holding its water below the root zone rather than at the mercy of the surface, a raised vegetable bed keeps producing through the hottest, breeziest Cronulla weeks with very little input.

A bed this size also makes room for the space-hungry crops that are hard to grow otherwise, such as corn, pumpkin, zucchini and sweet potato, alongside rows of everyday salad and herbs. Built from durable, food-safe timber, it is made to hold up well in the coastal air. UrbanVeg builds raised garden beds across Cronulla and the Sutherland Shire.