When I was a kid, troughs were for horses. Now when I say "trough," I'm not talking about the large, galvanized metal watering holes. I'm talking about the rugged-looking, cement-based containers that ...

Rough stone containers in the garden give the appearance of old age with their weathered look. But if these chipped, mossy and worn planters, known as troughs or sinks, are made of hypertufa, their ...

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 ...

Credit: Future PLC/ Colin Poole If I wanted to give a garden privacy this summer, I’d use a hedge bed like B&Q’s Bopha Rectangular Wood Trough (£54) to add instant height and structure to my borders.

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