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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Maggi Young on October 23, 2023, 04:56:41 PM

Title: Hypertufa troughs iin America in the 1970s
Post by: Maggi Young on October 23, 2023, 04:56:41 PM

The Club has received photos of  hypertufa troughs by Ellie Brinckerhoff  in the USA- these were taken by  Bill Gordon  who writes " They were taken in a nursery in Connecticut about 50 years ago. I thought they were very artistic and Ellie passed away, so there are probably very few photos of them on the web. I thought some people interested in trough design might be interested."

Ellie is also remembered by a saxifraga named for her by Linc Foster in 1970 - Saxifraga ’Ellie Brinckerhoff’
 (S.x hornibrookii     HL Foster 1970)
 This photo  of that saxifrage is by Jan Tholhuisjen  -
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 The photos from Bill....
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Title: Re: Hypertufa troughs iin America in the 1970s
Post by: Maggi Young on October 23, 2023, 04:58:46 PM

 more  photos of Ellie Brinkerhoff's hypertufa gardens at Oliver's Nursery, Fairfield Connecticut, USA in the 1970's by Bill Gordon.

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Title: Re: Hypertufa troughs iin America in the 1970s
Post by: Maggi Young on October 23, 2023, 04:59:32 PM

Two more from Bill ....

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