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 ...

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, ...

Today’s article is for all those crafty gardeners and I’m speaking literally, not figuratively. If you’re creative, why not make your own containers to grow your plants in? Make them for yourself, and ...

A crowd of people young and old filled seats at tables covering the multipurpose room at Sahara West Library on May 24 to make lightweight garden pots for their summer plants. The pots were made of ...

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 ...

Recently I attended a workshop on building do-it-yourself garden pots called Hypertufas. I stumbled upon Hypertufas at both the Denver and Salt Lake City botanical gardens. These are man-made pots, ...

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 sounds like a plant disease, but it's not; it's something that you might want to bring into your garden. The name comes from "tufa," a porous, lightweight, soft rock. It's easy to gouge out ...

MAKE & TAKE WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to noon, Jan. 12, UF/IFAS Extension, 1702 U.S. 17 S., Bartow, participants will make their own hypertufa pots to take home. Preregistration is required.