Helensburgh, NSW

This 4m bed has extra wide capping at the front to allow the customer to sit whilst tending his veggies.

This spot should receive great summer sun, but is a little more challenging in the winter months with only part of the bed receiving sun for the majority of the day.

But you can still grow plenty of vegetables in shady spots. Onions, carrots, beetroots, salad greens, spinach and many others.

Plus the fence at the back will allow snow peas to climb in search of sunlight.

During the summer months this won't be an issue, so the beds will be ideal for corn, chilli, capsicum, zucchini, tomatoes and other sun loving vegetables.

The bed was prefabricated back at base, and assembled, irrigated and filled on site. Like our beds, it contains an underground water reservoir and waters from below, saving water, nutrients and effort as well as deterring pests and encouraging strong root growth.

Can't wait to see this bed bursting with vegetables next summer!

A long raised bed lets you partition crops by how much sun each part gets, which is handy on a Helensburgh block where winter light reaches only some of the garden. Shade-tolerant crops sit where the sun is thin, while the back fence carries climbing snow peas reaching for the light.

The wide front capping doubles as a seat, and the reservoir keeps the whole bed evenly watered. Built from durable, food-safe timber, this self-watering raised vegetable bed is made to last. UrbanVeg builds raised garden beds across Helensburgh and the northern Illawarra.