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.

  • Gardenships™ significantly reduce volumes of waste heading to landfill, as well as landfill costs, and carbon emissions generated from waste transport.

  • 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.

  • Be more self-sufficient with waste management and food production, creating food security for your staff and patrons, and future-proofing your business.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Today’s travellers are choosing destinations that reflect their values. The Gardenship™ demonstrates visible, high-impact sustainability to guests and stakeholders.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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