Information on Rock Gardening:
Files for Downloading

Bog garden in a container: a how-to from DVC-NARGS member Janet Novak.

Dwarf shrubs for rock gardens: a list from DVC-NARGS member Rick Ray.

Fish box trough instructions. A fish box trough, made from a stryofoam box from a supermarket fish counter, is an inexpensive and easy way to make a trough for growing rock garden plants.

Growing plants in tufa: methods used (with great success) by DVC-NARGS member John Ray.

Sources of information on gardening with tufa: a list of articles, web sites, and books.

Invasive plant list: plants that should not be brought to chapter plant sales.

Hypertufa trough with an ornamental border, made by Rad MacFarlane. Rad will teach how to make troughs like this at a workshop in September, 2015. Photo by Tom Mackey.