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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Hypertufa pots are light weight and durable if properly fabricated and cured. Decorative Hypertufa objects such as mushrooms and statues were displayed. Since it is a messy process, the participants ...

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.

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 ...

Well, meet “hypertufa” — your next new eye worm. Truth is hypertufa — a decorative concrete that is durable, lightweight and easy to mold at home — has been around for decades.