General News Archive

As summer approaches, the streets around Britain (and beyond) are bursting into life with beautiful floral displays. So, it’s the perfect time to get out and about with your camera or your phone and take some photos of our self-watering...

We may all enjoy the warmer weather that spring and summer bring, but hot, dry summers can be testing for plants.

Spring is one of our very favourite times of year here at Amberol. Sunny days and April showers provide great conditions for a whole range of plants to flourish, particularly if they are planted in a self-watering container, creating optimum...

If National Gardening Week and the beautiful blue skies we’ve experienced in the past few days aren’t enough to get you out and do some planting, we’re not sure what will!

People are often surprised when we tell them that our self-watering planters are perfect for growing trees. We’re not suggesting that you put an oak tree in your container, but our large floor standing planters are ideal for smaller trees,...

Plastic bottles have a high recycling value and so it is frustrating to hear that volunteer litter pickers recently retrieved 2,500 plastic bottles from the Thames in just one day.