Alot of gardeners grow plants in pots. Some start their own flowers from seed. A few even make their own potting mix using homemade compost. But not many make the pots the plants grow in. A group of ...

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 ...

A lot of gardeners grow plants in pots. Some start their own flowers from seed. A few even make their own potting mix using homemade compost. But not many make the pots the plants grow in. A group of ...

It you're the type of gardener who doesn't mind being up to your elbows in dirt and muck, and rather give a home-made gift for the holidays than one a store-bought one, then roll up your sleeves, grab ...

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 ...

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 ...

Papercrete vessels, like hypertufa pots, are waterproof, but they are lighter in weight. Before use, the newly made container needs to dry out of the weather. In winter, it may take as long as two ...

Always on the lookout for quality plant pots that don’t cost a fortune? Making your own is cheap, fun and easy. You may never buy one again after trying this method for simulating aged, weathered ...

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., presents another hypertufa pot workshop, lead by instructor Steve Gerischer, from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 10 in the Ayers Hall area.

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 ...

With three ingredients and a little bit of time, you can make hypertufa pots to put out in your garden. They are concrete-based and should last through the Central Georgia winter. The Master Gardeners ...