Alpine garden container

Your guide to gardening in North America and beyond. From what plants to grow and how to grow them, join our society to read the latest Rock Garden Quarterly or engage in our annual Seed Exchange. We promote the cultivation, conservation, and knowledge of rock garden plants, their value, habits and geographical distribution. This includes woodland and alpines as well as desert, bog and steppe plants. We promote good design and construction of rock gardens, crevice gardens, and container…

We run through 8 steps to create your own alpine garden, including the plants to choose, simulating desired mountainous conditions and other tips!

As taught by Kenton The raw materials: Rocks I like to find rocks that were once whole and which broke naturally so that they fit tog...

Containers made of a portland cement mixture lend texture and interest to a garden. #gardeninspo #gardening

We show you how to plant up an alpine container with sempervivums, saxifrages and more.

One of the places we always check out whenever we visit the RHS Wisley garden is the Alpine area. In there you can find the alpine disp...

Alpine Bowl Packages Whether you have seen our Alpine Bowls on Gardeners World Live, at a show like RHS Chelsea or on one of our Nursery events. You will instantly know of a perfect place for them within your garden. View Our Alpine Bowl

Visiting other gardens has become one of my great passions. My resources for travel are limited, but I don't need to travel to distant shores to just see stunning gardens. They are right in my own backyard so to speak. It never ceases to amaze me what other gardeners have managed to create. There is nothing like seeing a plant in a garden setting to give you a true sense of how it grows, what shape it takes and how it mixes in with other plants. And you're bound to come home from your visit…

As taught by Kenton The raw materials: Rocks I like to find rocks that were once whole and which broke naturally so that they fit together like a puzzle. That being rather restricting, any flat slabs will work: Plants Use xeric plants that will stay pretty small: cacti, succulents, sedums, desert natives. Aesthetically, it's nice to include a variety of textures, colors and growth habits (mounding, trailing, shrubby, etc.) Soil Use a free draining mix of equal parts sand, peat and perlite…

Create stone-look troughs without the expense or weight with our guide to making alpine troughs out of hypertufa - a cement-based mixture.