The Orto blog

This is how we make a Orto self watering planter in our workshop. Wicking bed on wheels.

We've just wrapped up three days of exhibiting at the Sustainable Living Festival in  Melbourne's Federation Square.

It's been a great opportunity to showcase the Orto brand to an environmentally aware audience as well the thousands of people just passing by on the way to the MCG.

Growing tomatoes at home can be really easy even if you don't have a established garden. You can put a Orto self watering planter box any surface and make an instant garden. The wicking bed keeps the soil at optimum moisture level for maximum growth and the overflow outlet means you can't over water and kill your plants. The sooner your get started the sooner your are eating your own fresh home grown tomatoes.