Practical Projects for the Garden
Jan Tholhuijsen from the Netherlands is a chap with a great talent for making things – he turns his hand to all manner of projects to make good homes for his plants. He appreciates that it may be great to have access to and the finances to afford – garden “accessories” like old stone drinking troughs to use as planters but also realises that this sort of thing is not an option for many of us. Jan has shared various of his projects with the ‘International Rock Gardener’ (IRG) e-magazine – and some will also feature in ‘The Rock Garden’, the printed journal of the SRGC.
Jan’s articles are in these issues of the IRG :
August 2015 IRG 68 - HERE
July 2016 IRG 79 - HERE
October 2016 IRG 82 - HEREJan has generously collected all his descriptions of his various “do-it-yourself” in one place so we may study them all to see which we might care to replicate in our own patch.
His subjects include “how to” instructions, with photos, of course, to make……
- a 3 metre trough
- a trough from a half boiler
- a crevice garden
- half pipe vitrified clay troughs
- a “moraine”
- a planter from a satellite dish
- a lightweight trough, developing Ian Young’s method to a new technique.
- tufa beds
- a saxifrage gutter
- winter plant covers
And doubtless more will be added in time!
You can find them all, titled Garden Downloads,
HERE Jan has also made videos about his garden and these projects - Jpj Tholhuijsen is his YouTube channel which you can find
HERE As an example, this is a video of the garden 2016
