Even if you don't have the manse, you can borrow from their impressive gardens by creating treasures from hypertufa, a synthetic version of the real thing that can be molded into containers and ...

My experience playing with Hypertufa extends over many years. I say playing because the creative opportunities are endless. I have made everything from water features to Buddha heads out of Hypertufa.

In October, I made my first hypertufa troughs from a mix of peat ... planting of dry-climate species and the other would take its inspiration from the woodland garden. For the traditional planter ...

When I was a kid, troughs were for horses. Now when I say "trough," I'm not talking about the large, galvanized metal watering holes. I'm talking about the rugged-looking, cement-based containers ...

It can be mined and used for building materials and for making planters. Hypertufa is a man-made version that uses one part of Portland cement to three parts of other materials, such as perlite ...

Once you get past their odd name, the homemade faux-stone planters known as hypertufa containers have a place in any garden and make for a perfect spring project. About as easy (or hard ...

But not many make the pots the plants grow in. A group of intrepid gardeners recently learned how to do that in a hypertufa workshop at Ashcombe Farm & Greenhouses. Hypertufa is a fancy word for a ...

The type of containers that I’m thinking of are hypertufa containers. Once you get the hang of it, they are easy and fun to make. Hypertufa containers are made from a porous, rock-like ...

a charming little scene.Real tufa is not readily available, but you can easily make hypertufa – a fake tufa – from a mix of Portland cement, perlite, peat moss, and water. Peat moss helps the ...

But not many make the pots the plants grow in. A group of intrepid gardeners recently learned just how to do that in a hypertufa workshop at Ashcombe Farm & Greenhouses, in Mechanicsburg ...