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 ...

Robber barons of the 19th and 20th centuries impressed their peers with stately homes, elaborate greenery -- and ornamental statuary carved from tufa, a calcium carbonate rock. Even if you don't have ...

Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a type of artificial stone. It was first created in the mid-19th century by mixing sand, peat, various volcanic aggregates and cement. It's relatively lightweight ...

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 ...

Question: I recently was reading an old garden magazine at the doctor’s office about making your own concrete planter. I was going to ask about copying it, but I forgot. Now the magazine is not there.

Redlands dates back to the 1880s and is rich in history. Here there are old houses, old parks and old trees. Some even have old gardens or would like to have something old in their newer gardens.

KENNEWICK -- Have bare spots in your landscaping? Want to learn how to grow veggies, install drip irrigation or plant containers? Drop by the Washington State University Extension Master Gardener's ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

On Friday, June 3, 2016 from 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. participants in the Leonard J. Buck Garden "Hypertufa Workshop" will make their own mini-trough and receive instruction for curing and completing ...

Last Saturday at the Farmers' Market on the Square, I was captivated by the items for sale at a booth labeled "Hypertufa Garden Art." Fortunately, I knew the people who were manning the booth, so I ...

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 ...