Potting Mixes

Bio Gro Premium Wicking Mix – 30L

Optimised for Wicking Beds | Water-Efficient | Nutrient-Enriched

Van Schaik's Bio Gro Premium Wicking Mix is expertly formulated to support water-efficient gardening systems like wicking beds and self-watering pots. Its unique composition ensures optimal moisture retention and nutrient delivery, promoting robust plant growth with minimal watering.

Ideal for:

• Wicking beds and self-watering planters
• Raised garden beds and large containers
• Vegetable and herb cultivation

Key Features:
✅ Contains composted bark and scoria for structural integrity
✅ Incorporates coir to enhance capillary action and moisture retention
✅ Includes starter and controlled-release fertilisers for sustained nutrition
✅ Enriched with a wetting agent to improve water distribution
✅ Suitable for both indoor and outdoor gardening

📦 Available in 30 L bags – ready for use in your wicking pot!

Available in-store or via local delivery across Eltham, Research, Diamond Creek, and surrounding suburbs.

Low-Phosphorus Formula for Native Plants | Ready-to-Use | Boosts Root Development

Van Schaik's Bio Gro Native Mix is specially formulated for Australian native and phosphorus-sensitive plants like Protea, Grevillea, and Banksia. Designed to reduce transplant shock and promote strong root systems, this mix helps your native plants thrive and bloom beautifully.

Ideal for:

• Native potted specimens (125–250 mm pots).
• Hanging baskets, window boxes, and planters.
• Containers indoors and outdoors.

Key Features:

✅ Low or no phosphorus, ideal for native species.
✅ Controlled-release and starter fertiliser included.
✅ Contains premium wetting agent for consistent moisture uptake.
✅ Promotes bigger root systems and prolific flowering.

Available in convenient 30 L bags — easy to handle and ready to use right out of the bag.

Available for pickup or local delivery across Eltham, Research, Diamond Creek, and surrounding suburbs.

Flexible gifting | Perfect for the keen gardeners in your life  | Usable in-store or online

Looking for the perfect present? An ID Garden & Landscape Centre Gift Voucher is a thoughtful and practical gift for garden lovers, DIY landscapers, or anyone working on an outdoor project. Available in a range of values, our vouchers give the freedom to choose from our full range of soils, mulches, plants, tools, and landscaping supplies.

Gift Vouchers can be redeemed in-store or online, making them a flexible option for friends, family, or colleagues who want to create their dream garden or landscape.

Ideal for:

• Birthdays, Christmas, and special occasions
• Garden enthusiasts and DIY landscapers
• Corporate gifts and thank-yous
• Flexible gifting when you’re not sure what to choose!

Key Features:
✅ Available in multiple denominations
✅ Redeemable both in-store and online
✅ Wide range of garden and landscaping products to choose from
✅ Perfect for any gardener or homeowner

Moisture-retaining, organic & soil-enhancing | Beautifies garden beds

Jack’s Magic Natural Water Saver Mulch is a composted organic mulch enriched with high levels of cellulose fibre and humus to help your garden retain moisture, suppress weeds, and revitalize soil biology. Made from sustainable, renewable resources (including composted pine bark, manure, and humates), it slowly releases nutrients into the soil, protects root zones from temperature extremes, and improves your landscape’s ecosystem.

Ideal for:

• Garden beds around shrubs, perennials & ornamentals
• Under trees & in mulched planting zones
• Landscaped borders & decorative garden zones
• Sloped terrain or erosion-prone areas
• Integrating into your home garden or landscaping project

Bio Gro Veggie & Herb Potting Mix – 30 L

Grow-Ready | Harvest-Focused | Professional-Grade

Give your veggie and herb gardens the jump-start they deserve with Bio Gro Veggie & Herb Potting Mix. Crafted by Van Schaik’s Bio Gro, this premium blend is designed to encourage expansive root systems and maximise yield—whether in planter boxes, window gardens, or raised beds.

Ideal for:

• Potted vegetables and herb gardens
• Hanging baskets and window boxes
• Raised garden beds or in-ground container blends

Why you'll love it:

✅ Designed for veggies & herbs – packed with nutrients to support lush foliage and bountiful harvests
✅ Root growth support – encourages strong root systems for healthier, more productive plants
✅ All-in-one convenience – includes controlled-release & starter fertilisers, wetting agent & trace elements
✅ Premium texture – excellent balance of moisture retention and drainage for optimal plant health

📦 Available in 30 L bags — perfect for gardeners wanting a ready-to-use mix with big results!

Available in-store or via local delivery across Eltham, Research, Diamond Creek, and surrounding suburbs.

Nutrient-Rich Premium Potting Mix | Root Development | Indoor & Outdoor

Give your potted plants the best start with Van Schaik's Bio Gro Premium Potting Mix — a professional-grade growing medium crafted to help flowering and fruiting plants thrive. Made in Australia from quality organic ingredients, this mix supports strong root systems and abundant blooms, perfect for anything from indoor ornamentals to outdoor shrubs and fruiting varieties.

Ideal for:

• Flowering and fruiting potted plants
• Shrubs and decorative foliage
• Hanging baskets, patio pots, raised beds

Key Features:

✅ Contains controlled-release and starter fertilisers for balanced nutrition
✅ Enriched with wetting agent and seaweed plant food concentrate for consistent moisture uptake
✅ Promotes vigorous root growth, healthier foliage, plentiful blooms, and greater yields
✅ Premium quality texture and structure

📦 Available in 30 L bags – ready for use in any pot!

Available in-store or via local delivery across Eltham, Research, Diamond Creek, and surrounding suburbs.