Miniature worlds — snow globes or Lego villages — wield a special kind of magic. They lure you into a mesmerizing universe where everything feels right and where you, the all-powerful creator, get to ...

If you can make space for a miniature rock garden — one of tiny plants growing within the confines of a faux-stone trough — the promise of an outsize payoff awaits. Inside the walls of a trough, you ...

A great way to display a collection of small alpines is to plant them in containers which, being slightly raised off the ground, enables the eye to appreciate their exquisite beauty at a closer range.

How to create the perfect alpine container - Easy displays can be made to bring colour to late spring and early summer.

A well planted Alpine trough can look prettier than the Crown Jewels. Mountain plants may be small and tough, but in order to attract pollinators their flowers must be extra alluring. That’s why ...

With all the recent heat, let's imagine something cool. How about a stroll in the Alps? Those rocky slopes below the snowline will still be carpeted with small but intensely pretty plants. Down in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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