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Top 5 Planters for Christmas Events 2025
With Christmas lights soon to sparkle across towns and cities, now is the time to prepare your festive planting. Whether you’re hosting a local celebration, a busy market, or a winter festival, Amberol’s self-watering planters are designed to create eye-catching, sustainable displays that last all season. Here are our Top 5 Planters for Christmas Events 2025:
Why Britain in Bloom is good for your health
For obvious reasons, health and wellbeing are high on everyone’s agenda at the moment. In fact, one of the more positive aspects to arise from the Covid-19 crisis has been an increased appreciation of the positive impact that nature and...
Winner of Clerks and Councils £1000 prize announced
We are delighted to announce the winner of the competition run by Amberol in Clerks and Council Direct which appeared in the magazine’s May issue.
The litter problem posed by easing Covid restrictions
While it is encouraging to see so many areas of the UK slowly re-opening after lockdown, many of us will share a sense of disappointment and anger at scenes of litter being left on Britain’s beaches and in areas of...
Amberol help councils get creative with social distancing in public spaces
Amberol is working with a number of councils and local authorities across the UK creating floral barriers as a way of maintaining safe social distancing in areas of high footfall.
Self-watering planters a social distancing solution after driest May on record
While the sunny, dry weather in May was a significant emotional boost for many of us during lockdown, it also threw up problems for others – in particular, horticulturalists, gardeners and local authority grounds staff.
Rise in litter as lockdown eases
The coronavirus crisis has caused hardship and isolation for many people and so the staged loosening of restrictions on travel and socialisation has been welcomed by many.
