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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In October, I made my first hypertufa troughs from a mix of peat moss, perlite, Portland cement, and water. Extremely durable once they set up, the resulting containers look similar to carved stone.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...