What Is A No Dig Garden?

No-dig Gardens were first developed by Esther Dean, a Sydney Gardener,  in the 1970’s.  A No-dig garden  is basically a garden above ground made up of layers of organic matter that rot down into a nutrient-rich living soil. It’s a bit like making lasagne adding one layer upon another until the desired thickness.

It’s a great solution for  poor soils and they can be built on any surface – rocky soil or heavy clay, even over lawn and concrete, and eliminates the need for any backbreaking work.

No-dig gardening is like composting. You need a good mixture of carbon materials in the form of straw, and nitrogen in the form of manures. Each layer is watered lightly, since the garden needs to be moist to function properly.

The bed will break down into a nutrient-rich soil, so it will need to be kept topped up with fresh layers of organic matter.

Why dig a garden the conventional way when there are millions of worms willing to do the work for you?

No-dig gardens are also be terrific for aged care facilities  All gardens are 400mm high thus wheelchair accessible and eliminating a lot of bending over.