Have you heard of wool pots? You will soon!

When wandering around a garden centre have you ever thought about all those plastic pots we buy our plants in and what happens to them? What do you do with yours? Bin them? hide them in the shed never to use again? Give them to a friend who grows things from seed or divides plants? 

Well apart from hiding in someone's shed or being re-used by growers over 500million of them get sent to landfill! They don't degrade and take on average between 400 - 450 years to break down into micro and nano plastics and we all know where they end up! 

On the other side farmers with smaller herds of sheep are simply burning their fleeces as there is no viable market for them and it costs more to shear them than the wool is worth. Crazy world we live in. 

Graham Hull had an idea and together with his business partner Tom came up with, what not only turned out to be a sustainable idea, but a win win for everyone. 

I was given some wool pots as a gift last year and absolutely loved them so bought more for growing my seeds this year.

I find out where the idea came from, the challenges in not only setting up a new business but within the horticultuaral industry as well. www.wool-pots.co.uk