Hypertufa trough

One of my signature projects at the Chicago Botanic Garden is designing and building the hypertufa troughs for the Heritage Garden spring display. While our greenhouse staff spends their winters growing the unique and beautiful plants that we feature in the troughs, another team is hard at work making the troughs.

A guide to uses for hypertufa troughs, as well as the easiest way to make and shape hypertufa for your use in your lawn and garden areas.

This reader from Michigan shares how to make a hypertufa container, a stone-like rustic planter that can be outside for years.

Make a lightweight and large planter using a hypertufa mix! This tutorial will show you the secret to making a beautiful planter in the shape of a trough, using easy to find materials. #artsyprettyplants #planterideas #outdecor #outdoordecorideas #hypertufaideas #diycement #concretecrafts

Blog post by Owdboggy - For the benefit of those folks who do not have enamel sinks to spare, this is a description of how I made a trough from hypertufa (sand, cement and pe

Today, I’ll show you how to make just about anything you can imagine with hypertufa using inexpensive materials you can buy from your closest home center. I’ll also show you all of the many ways you can use this versatile material to achieve various different textures and finishes without much effort. What is Hypertufa? Tufa is […]

Make these unique containers yourself. Over time, the artificial stone beds will age and gather moss for added charm.

Hypertufa troughs are an earthy and natural container that goes with every garden style. Modeled after ancient stone troughs that were once used to hold water and feed for livestock in England and the Orient; later they were repurposed into planters. The look of these troughs as containers became v

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Stone troughs cost a fortune. But here's a guide to how you can use old sinks to make hypertufa planters which look just like stone troughs.

How to Make a Garden Trough (Hypertufa Planter): Back in 1800s, crafty English farmers used to chisel feeding troughs for their animals out of local granite and sandstone. Nowadays, creative gardeners have adapted these old containers, which are now covered in moss and worn by decades of exposure …

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There are lots of things you can use as Forms for Hypertufa; some of them are right under your nose...

Hypertufa Troughs are a rustic and rugged way to make a mountainside garden in miniature; alpine plants, succulents and tiny trees all thrive in the microcosm

What takes a lot of mix and a really big mold? Huge Hypertufa...

Garden Collection handcrafted hypertufa flower trough for lovers of the English garden 🇪🇪

Make a sustainable hypertufa container by replacing the peat moss with coconut coir. We use a sand mold method to shape our containers.