As I look for inspiration (and a way to become more interested in my garden), I realized that finding some DIY projects to spruce up my yard might be just the key. As I browse for garden ideas, I find ...

SANTA CRUZ — Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a manmade stone made from various aggregates bonded together with cement. It’s perfect for making long lasting garden containers. It looks like rock, ...

It's a substance that looks like stone or concrete, but it's made with Portland cement, Pearlite and peat moss, so it's lightweight. After I wrote last April about our plans to make it, Lowe's ...

You know when you stumble on something you’ve never heard of before and then you start seeing it everywhere? Well, meet “hypertufa” — your next new eye worm. Truth is hypertufa — a decorative concrete ...

Follow Marlene on social media @MarleneThePlantLady. Real tufa pots are expensive so make your own. This is a fun project for kids and adults. It’s a cheap and fun project for kids to do for Holiday ...

Hypertufa containers are porous, rock-like planters that you can make at home. The basic ingredients include Portland cement, peat moss, and either vermiculite or perlite. Mix the dry ingredients ...

NORTH BEND — Southwestern Oregon Chapter of the American Rhododendron member Ron Prchal will be demonstrating a technique for turning Styrofoam containers into hypertufa trough planters. Planters can ...

Twenty members and two guests of the Foothills Herb Society defied snowy weather on March 12 to study growing and using herbs. Nancy Baxter gave a program on how to make an artificial stone pot ...

Barbie Baldwin, perennial grower for Signal Mountain Nursery, is leading a workshop at the nursery in which she'll teach participants to craft their own containers from hypertufa, a man-made rock with ...

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) to make as ...

Ed Glover, from the North American Rock Garden Society, will present a program on hypertufa troughs and rock gardens at the Dodge County Master Gardeners' meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. The meeting ...