DIY Alpine Trough Fountain Idea - July 2026
I saw this DIY fountain project featuring an Alpine trough and pondless setup on Instagram recently and it stuck with me so much that I've gone back to it a few times. It is a small concrete (or stone or faux, I have no idea) trough, a simple copper faucet and an underground storage chamber that creates a pondless fountain situation. Very European garden-feeling. (To me, at least.) Here it is embedded below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebastian Streich (@my.garden.life.and.home) It is small but pretty striking. I've talked about upgrading our water-feature situation over the years and even included an upgrade on my 2026 to-do list (#23) . I've read and watched a ton of stories/videos about hypertufa and have recently poked around on DIY'ing an Alpine trough. It seems that one of the ways forward is using a foam chassis that you wrap in concrete to create a lightweight tub. That seems......