Gardening in Troughs

These troughs in the first two pictures are all made using styrofoam fish boxes.

Here are some sample troughs built and planted by Lee & Jerry Shannon in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A blooming trough by Chuck Carlson in Minneapolis.

The next three pictures are troughs made of Hypertufa

A hypertufa trough made By Richard & Shirley Friberg who Live in St Paul, Minnesota.

Saxifrages well established in one of Rex Murfitt's troughs, Photo by Todd Boland.

Troughs in late winter in Madison Wisconsin, Photo by Todd Boland

A hypertufa trough with an acute-angled corner. Planted with encrusted saxifrages and Ramonda myconii by our back door in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Photo by Mike Slater

More information on making, planting and growing plants in Troughs


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