Foodcube

Foodcube is transforming cities into urban farms. Our modular water efficient wicking beds are easy to install, low maintenance and make gardening easy.

Ideal for growing food in backyards, rooftops, schools, community gardens and workplaces.

27/01/2026

Have you ever tasted society garlic? Most people that follow a fodmap diet (no garlic or onion) can use this as a replacement, that is if you actually like the taste.

The flower year round and grow super well in foodcubes and support pollinators 🐝

14/01/2026

🔥Dry planter? Potting mix, or wicking bed media is not the same as soil! It's actually an engineered mix of ingredients and if you're using a wicking bed, then the ingredients in the mix can dehydrate over time.

💦So here's how to fix it .... Give it a good, long soak! Even if you're plants are healthy and wicking from the roots (bottom up), your next seedlings planted will thank you when they are doing their thing will establishing deeper roots.

🌱 EXTRA HOT TIP! Do this before you refill your Foodcube all the way, and the reservoir beneath will capture runoff and make sure that no water is going to waste.

12/01/2026

Here's what to do if your basil is going to flower before your tomatoes are ready and ruining your plans of growing your own pasta sauce, or summer salads. That's the dream, right?

Basil is best pruned to the leaf axil, or where the stem meets two alternate leaves, that will give you a nice busier basil plant and hopefully keep it going a little bit longer so that the tomatoes have a bit more time on the vine to ripen to their full tastiness!

Hope this helps someone out there growing their veggies!!

10/01/2026

Did you know that you can harvest your own honey from native stingless bees? These bees collect pollen from native plants - the wax around the hive entry to this one smelled of Eucalyptus, very reminiscent of the classic Aussie bush scent!

If you're interested in understanding more about Australia's native bees, its important to remember that we have more than 2,000 species with many different kind of nesting and social behaviours. Some are solitary, some are social, and some are semi-social.

There are only a few that have social nesting behaviour and make social beehives in locations that are warm enough to produce extra honey to harvest for us to enjoy, too - and they aren't suited to all climate locations over Australia.

Here's a few notes and resources to read up on to understand if a stingless native beehive is right for you!

If not, consider another hive type to support these awesome pollinators - as some solitary bees (like the blue banded bee) perform buzz pollination that is incredibly effective for your eggplants and tomatoes!

If you are looking for a workshop, I recommend following .aus or your other local bee experts! or get your kids involved in understanding Victorian native grasslands with the book

08/01/2026

I overfilled the water reservoir in my Foodcubes and accidentally created a spot for this pair of House Sparrow to drink during the heatwave.

Although cute, we often find them digging out bugs and works in our freshly planted seeds which can be annoying but also kinda cute

06/01/2026

Fake berries? 🍒 So, if a strawberry and a raspberry is not actually a berry then what is it?

A berry is a simple fruit, that results from the pollination of a single o***y in a single flower. So, things like tomatoes and bananas and pumpkins are actually a berry! 🍅 🍌🎃

In nature, things are a little more complicated for a raspberry and a strawberry, where the real fruit is the little achenes (or seed like structures) and each one needs to be pollinated to make the fruits we know and love - these are actually aggregate fruits.

But that explanation takes too long, so I'm still gonna call them a berry

All of these fruits, veggies and flowers are grown in Foodcubes, which are great for adding green spaces and life into our urban area

02/01/2026

Here's the only thing to do when you find a spider in your Foodcube vent...

11/12/2025

What a buzz to see urban agriculture take off in schools, Brian Daniells the assistant principle is using Foodcubes to teach kids about growing plants, food and vegetables and letting them take charge of their own learning outside of the classroom!

07/12/2025

The secret living a long healthy life is all about social connection, mild weather and access to good nutrition, which is much more accessible with vegetable growing and urban farming, all made easier with Foodcubes!

We visited the open day of the clubhouse which was an incredible day of festivities and connection

Landscape design by with Foodcubes and we'd love to see even more urban farms in our healthy living over 55's communities and maybe Australia will be the best Blue Zone

02/12/2025

I was invited to the annual Big Showcase at Bundoora secondary college, and it was so inspiring to see the rising generation of urban farmers learning some awesome skills and talents in marketing gardens, wicking beds, and animal care, as well as in conservation, I couldn't capture everything they're up to in one video, so I'll have to visit again. So inspiring!

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Unit 6, 10 Lakewood Boulevard
Melbourne, VIC
3201

Telephone

+61397867254

Website

http://www.foodcube.com.au/

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Transforming cities into urban farms

We are on a mission to transform under-utilised city spaces into productive and luscious urban farms. Urban agriculture has an enormous potential to address many of the toughest challenges that we are facing in the world today: a changing climate, food insecurity, social disconnectedness and rising mental health issues. A bounty of scientific evidence is pointing at urban agriculture as a viable solution to all of these problems.

Not only that, kids today a growing up in a world where most the food they eat comes from supermarkets and is wrapped in plastic packaging. We want to reconnect young people to where food actually comes from and demonstrate that growing food is fun, easy and immensely satisfying.

To do all this we have developed modular, self-watering wicking garden beds which require small amounts of time to maintain and require only a fraction of the water used in conventional gardening to keep healthy. They are perfect for growing lots of food in small urban spaces and have been designed to maximise user engagement and satisfaction.

We work with individuals and communities to install our wicking garden beds in schools, workplaces, rooftops, backyards and anywhere else where food will grow. We provide hands on training with our wicking garden beds and continually impart expert advice on all things urban agriculture related.