Original Stone Troughs were pleased to have sponsored Musa Landscapes with the supply of a large stone trough for their award winning “Connections” garden this week at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. The garden was created in support of Alzheimer’s Research Uk & Dementia Research. The garden and water trough looked absolutely stunning. Congratulations […]

This lovely rustic antique stone trough has made a superb water feature at the top of the sandstone steps with water cascading down to the Italian Garden Terrace restaurant at Swinton Castle, North Yorkshire.

We were hugely relieved when we got this lovely large circular limestone trough craned into situ in this York townhouse garden.   The customer had made a plinth for the trough to sit on in order to elevate the piece to give maximum impact.  Bratts Transport did a great job, making sure it was very […]

A really good way of adding interest to a dry stone wall is to actually build troughs into the wall.  This adds interest & colour to hard landscaping.   Our customer has made a fantastic job of this wall cleverly using shallow & deep troughs to create different levels, finished off with some lovely alpine […]

Stonetroughs.co.uk are proud to have supplied a selection of large troughs to add colour and interest in the grounds of the head offices of  a well known Yorkshire family business.  When planted up by the head gardner, they really did look a picture.

We recently supplied a collection of very small circular salvaged antique stone troughs to a customer who used them for growing bonsai trees.  Apparently they are perfect for this use, as the stone holds moisture, and restricts growth of the Bonsai

I was recently walking around Fountains Abbey and came across the most fantastic circular stone trough, which I was told by one of the guides there, it was originally used for the monks to wash clothes, and has stood there amongst the ruins ever since.

We recently supplied several newly made stone troughs to a well known restaurant in Bath. They have use the troughs as planters, and a dividers in a busy pedestrian area . We have several of these troughs remaining. We have supplied many to landscapers, developers and for use in many urban projects.

We recently supplied an extremely large antique stone trough to a gentleman in the South of England who has used it as a centrepiece in a memorial garden within the grounds of his stately home.  The trough has been dug into the ground by 3 foot, and has made the most magnificent water feature.  The […]

We recently sold a large circular trough to a customer in Yorkshire who has used it as a centre piece in her rose garden.  Granite sets have been used to set the trough off , and the trough has been placed on a plinth which was specially built to raise it up to draw the […]

I love to cook, and to me there is nothing more satisfying than stepping outside of my back door onto my patio, and snipping fresh, home grown herbs straight from the garden.  Antique stone troughs make superb herb gardens.  Smaller, shallow stone troughs arranged in groups, different shapes and sizes make an attractive display when […]

A vine has been planted in this beautiful stone trough, which adds interest to an otherwise ordinary stone wall.

We have used antique troughs as raised beds for our own vegetable garden this year.  Potatoes, carrots, cabbages, lettuce, beetroot and onions, to name but a few of the vegetables we have grown.  Results so far are excellent!  Good drainage is key.  We have drilled through the base of the troughs and used plenty of […]

A large antique millstone has been used to create a spectacular water feature in a garden south of Harrogate. We sold this fabulous 5′ diameter millstone to one of our customers who placed it in the centre of a purpose built pond. It has been raised up on a plinth by about a foot.  Water […]

This long narrow trough was used in a tight parking area of a driveway, to be used to plant on a north facing wall. The trough was sold only 2 years ago to this customer, who had tried all sorts of different planting without success. This pyracantha looks like it is thriving and gives the […]

We were out and about visiting some of the troughs that we have sold locally so that we can post images to give customers ideas and inspiration for their own gardens. This beautiful large stone trough has been used in a very large space in a garden just outside of Harrogate . It has created […]

We are delighted that Tracey Foster picked up a Gold Award with her Welcome To Yorkshire Garden. Not only are extremely excited that Tracey has won this award, we are so please that people have had the opportunity to enjoy a garden filled with yorkshire stone. We first met Tracey Foster several years ago, when […]

With this strange weather, we were thinking that it would be great to show customers some of our troughs lit up at night. We shall be featuring a section of “troughs by night’ so people can enjoy our beautiful stone troughs in the dark, as well as during the day.