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    HYPERTUFA TROUGHS

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           We are no longer offering hypertufa troughs for sale. However, we hope the details of trough construction illustrated here will be helpful to those who are exploring the exciting world of alpine trough gardening. 

                                                   

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    "Original" (left), "Long Narrow"  (front right) &  "Extra Large Taper" 

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    Outer forms laid out prior to pouring

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    Outer and inner forms with steel reenforcing  hoops

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    Beginning to pour hypertufa mix

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    Pressing the upper hoop into the soft mix

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    Removing the forms several days later

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    "Big Bear" ready to be covered in plastic sheeting and cured for one month

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    Laying in the bottom hoop

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    Pouring completed

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    Smoothing the edges

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    "Extra Large Taper" with forms removed,  scrubbed and drying

    "Tall Taper"

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    Cured troughs positioned in the garden ready to be planted

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    Plants settling in, two years later

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    "Original Trough" planted wth saxifrages and other alpines

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    Detail of crevice planting

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    "Extra Large Taper" 

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    "Little Bear" &  "Big Bear" right

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    Veronica ceaspitosa

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    Cady's Falls

    Botanical Garden

    Don & Lela Avery

    637 Duhamel Rd

    Morrisville, VT 05661

    802-888-5559

    avery@vtusa.net

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