DIY Wicking Bed Workshop: Create a Water-Wise Garden

Wicking beds are water efficient raised garden beds that harvest and store water within an in-built reservoir that water your garden from the bottom to the top.
The result is a productive, resilient and easy to use garden bed that can withstand tough conditions and thrive in our hot South Australian dry summers.

This in-depth workshop covers all the ins and outs of how to design and build your very own wicking bed.

Learn all the industry standards, correct techniques, DIY tips, alternative systems and best methods for building your perfect wicking bed.

Workshop overview:

• Different systems and designing your wicking bed
• Reservoir layers and mediums
• Inlet pipes and overflows
• Wicked soil for wicking beds
• Growing and maintaining a wicking bed
• Wicking bed demo set up
• Q&A
• Ongoing resources and a recap
  

About the Presenter:
Kym Ormond has been building wicking beds for over 7 years and has spent many, many, many hours troubleshooting custom wicking bed building.
Besides building wicking beds Kym is a permaculturist who spends most of his time growing plants. Kym is co-owner of Nomad Nursery and previously owned Port Adelaide Food Gardening as well as being involved with many different farms, market gardens, community gardens and other food growing projects.
For more info, check out www.kymormond.com.au


Garden goodness is your local go-to garden center specializing in SA grown quality plants, organic composts/fertilizers, worm farming products and of course wicking beds. Garden Goodness were converted onto the wicking bed train when setting up their site in Smithfield and saw plants pumping out of their wicking beds in an urban environment.

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What to bring:
We provide a comprehensive handout that explains everything we cover in the course however, we also recommend a notebook for taking notes.
As this workshop is taking place in a community garden, we recommend packing lunch and a water bottle.

Location: Semaphore Park Community Garden
Trust Reserve - Bartley Terrace, Semaphore Park SA 5019

Any questions feel free to get in touch
Ormondkym@gmail.com
gardengoodnessaustralia@gmail.com