Galvanized garden troughs are increasingly popular because they're easy to set in place and require practically no ...

From bin storage to trough planters, give your garden a spruce up this spring as it recovers from the wintery conditions.

Bellis perennis, those lovely little double daisies, harbingers of spring in shades of red, pink and white are rather good.

But the traditional way of displaying alpines is in stone troughs. Choose a real stone trough or a realistic-looking plastic replica. Put the trough where it's to stand permanently and cover the ...

However, I find them useful for bringing early interest to the various troughs that we have dotted around the garden. In fact, overhauling the troughs is a spring task that I really enjoy.