Gardenships™ for
Aged Care
& Lifestyle
Food waste management, food growing and waste education for Aged Care & Lifestyle Villages
For aged care communities, the Gardenship™ is more than a waste system — it’s a tool for wellbeing, purpose, and connection. By transforming food waste into compost for onsite gardens, residents can participate in meaningful, low-impact outdoor activity while contributing to the health of the environment.
Gardenships™ are probiotic food systems designed to meet the waste management and food growing needs of aged care and lifestyle village facilities of any scale.
Gardenships™ are a modular facilities offering a dedicated food and green waste processing plant using worms and beneficial microbes, an organic food growing garden, and a waste education classroom for workshops and events.
Whether it’s tending herbs for the kitchen, feeding native plants, or simply watching waste become life — the Gardenship™ brings joy, purpose, and healing to older communities while closing the loop on waste.

Benefits
Building food waste management and food growing functionality on your own premises creates many long-term benefits — ranging from environmental to social.
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Gardenships™ significantly reduce volumes of waste heading to landfill, as well as landfill costs, and carbon emissions generated from waste transport.
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Gardenships™ create a working on-site organic food production garden for your kitchen and patrons, and add-on wellness and education experiences for your guests.
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Be more self-sufficient with waste management and food production, creating food security for your staff and patrons, and future-proofing your business.
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Gardenships™ are designed with a priority on ergonomics, providing a safe, sensory-rich gardening activity for residents. Many aged care and lifestyle village residents place gardening at the top of the list of highlight activities, bringing a sense of joy and purpose.
GardenShips support therapeutic horticulture, memory stimulation, and resident engagement.
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Having a Gardenship™ on your site may qualify you for a range of environmental certifications like Green Label Indonesia (Indonesia), EarthCheck, BCorp, and Green Key.
Aligns with community wellbeing frameworks and sustainable aged care facility standards.
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Today’s travellers are choosing destinations that reflect their values. The Gardenship™ demonstrates visible, high-impact sustainability to guests and stakeholders.
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One of the most unique features of the Gardenships™, setting it apart from many other systems, is they’re designed to be pest, rodent and odour free - making it safe and pleasant, rather than an eyesore. The compost bays and overall structure are meticulously designed to meet this high standard.
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The composting process uses probiotic digestive technology with enzymes - dramatically reducing odours and exponentially enhancing composting capability and performance.
Specifications
GardenShip™ Facility
Sizes vary from 240m2 to 680m2
Up to 156* tonnes of waste per year (~2-4m³ per week)
Food waste processing
Organic food garden (optional)
Education classroom (optional)
*Based on optimum performance, and dependant on the Gardenship™ module selected, as well as environmental factors.
Timeframe
Design & Build
~2 weeks design (estimation)
~10 weeks build (estimation)
Function
Training period for staff
2-5 weeks to reach optimum composting performance
3-12 months for harvesting organic product
Costs
We’d love to prepare a no obligation custom quote for you. Costs will vary depending on a few factors including:
Waste volumes (weekly)
Size of facility
Location
Local available materials and trades
Let’s build a Gardenship™ at your location
We’d love to support with waste management, food growing and waste education for your business or organisation.