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March 8th, 2023, 7:30pm 

In-person meeting

in the Garden House at Shoup Park

in Los Altos

Making Hypertufa Troughs

With John Tsutakawa

Trough gardening has become popular in rock gardening. It’s a perfect container for growing small alpine and other plants.This talk will cover hypertufa trough making. John will explain how to use forms and molds, hypertufa recipes, using reinforcement, finishing, curing and planting.

John specializes in alpine container and rock gardening. He grows and propagates alpine plants, as well as Meconopsis (blue poppies). 

He has made troughs for over twenty years, using molds and wooden frames. Recently John designed and organized the Rock Garden at the Gardens at Lake Merritt. This garden includes 12 large troughs and a center crevice garden. ​

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Member Plant Share
 

You will have the opportunity to bring
actual plants or cuttings to the January meeting 
for sharing information about with others in attendance.

Please be ready with information about the plant’s geographical location, exposure, soil, water and other growth requirements.

If you have plants that you would like help identifying or for which you want some cultural advice, feel free to bring these also.

Plant Sale Table

The popular plant sale table is back.
Select from member propagated plants

as well as a variety of succulents for sale.
All money collected goes to support WHS programs and the scholarship fund.
A special thanks to Carol Dahout for becoming the manager of the table!!

Our membership year extends from September through August. Dues paid now will be for the 2022-23 membership year.

 

JOIN TODAY and receive:

  • Free admission to monthly programs and links to Zoom presentations and video-recordings (9x per year) 

  • Receive WHS e-newsletter (Sept-May)

  • Members only Holiday Party & Summer Picnic

  • 10% discount at participating business partners

GET INVOLVED

We are in need of some new board members.

The vice-president position has been open for the past year. We are also in need of a corresponding secretary.

Please consider serving on the board to help bring fresh ideas and keep our organization functioning smoothly.

If you have an interest in helping in any one

of these capacities, or feel you can help

in any other way, feel free to e-mail

us at info@westernhort.org or speak

to any of the current board members

at our meetings.

MEMBER BUSINESSES


Carman's Nursery
Nancy Schramm
8470 Pharmer Road,
Gilroy, CA 95020
hours: Thur, Fri, Sun 10am-5pm
carmansnursery@gmail.com
www.carmansnursery.com
408 841-2313

Pam Callaghan Horticulturist
Landscape Design
pam@pcgardening.com
707 895-3958


Hammerschmidt Construction
Landscape Contractor
1574 Country Club Drive,  
Los Altos, CA 94024
john@hammerschmidtinc.com
www.hammerschmidtinc.com
650 948-4200

J.Moss Landscaping
Irrigation Technician
408 772-0309

Terra Sole Nursery LLC
terrasole@charter.net
www.terrasolenurseries.com

 
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