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Our planter boxes are designed to promote outdoor engagement, sensory stimulation, and resident wellbeing. Each unit is wheelchair-accessible, durable, and perfect for dementia-friendly garden spaces.
Gardening doesn’t have to stop with age, memory loss, or limited mobility. Our Wicking Planter Boxes are designed to bring the proven wellbeing benefits of gardening into aged care environments—safely, accessibly, and beautifully.
These raised, wheelchair-friendly planters feature a clever self-watering system that keeps plants healthy while reducing the workload for staff. Perfect for courtyards, balconies, or memory support gardens, they offer residents a meaningful way to connect with nature, spark memories, and enjoy sensory engagement.
Whether used for herbs, flowers, or veggies, these planters promote purpose and joy, especially for those living with dementia or young-onset dementia. Made in Australia with durable, low-maintenance materials, they’re as practical as they are therapeutic.
Easy to install, simple to maintain, and loved by residents and staff alike—Our wicking Boxes make outdoor spaces come alive.
Our Wicking Planter Boxes take gardening to the next level with a built-in self-watering system that:
Enjoy healthier plants, less maintenance, and more time to enjoy your garden. Browse our range today!
These are made locally to order: allow 5 days ex factory
WaterUps wicking is a self-watering technology used in planter boxes that leverages the principle of capillary action, or "wicking," to deliver water directly to plant roots from below. At the base of the planter box is a water reservoir, typically fitted with WaterUps cells—modular inserts made from recycled plastic designed to hold and distribute water efficiently. The soil rests above these cells, and wicking points draw water upwards as needed, maintaining consistent moisture at the root zone without overwatering. This system reduces water waste, encourages deeper root growth, and helps plants thrive with less frequent watering.
One of the key advantages of using WaterUps in planter boxes—especially in aged care or community gardens—is the ease of maintenance. The reservoir can hold enough water to last days or even weeks depending on weather and plant needs, and a simple overflow and refill point makes it user-friendly.
This is especially helpful for environments where residents or volunteers may not be able to water daily. WaterUps wicking beds also promote sustainability by reducing water consumption and preventing runoff, making them an excellent choice for environmentally conscious gardening.
Did you know that in most aged care homes, residents spend very little time outdoors? Outdoor spaces can provide positive health, psychological and social outcomes.
The National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines
encourage aged care homes to make practical design changes that improve people’s quality of life, including access to safe outdoor spaces. To learn what good aged care design looks like, Click Here.
Enable a Person
Support people living in a place that maintains their health, wellbeing and sense of identity. Create a familiar environment in which people have privacy, control and feel they belong.
Cultivate a Home
Support people seeing, accessing and spending time outdoors in contact with nature.
Access the Outdoors
To support people seeing, accessing and spending time outdoors in contact with nature.
Connect with community
Encourage people to connect with family, friends and community, continuing to participate in meaningful activities.
Gardening is a well loved activity that brings joy, peace, and a sense of accomplishment. For residents in aged care or disability housing, gardening can be particularly therapeutic.
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