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The article reports on the use of tufa, a variety of limestone, for gardening of alpines. Topics discussed include use of drilled-hole method for establishing plants onto tufa, sowing of Eritrichium howardii flowering plant on tufa, and the 2015 North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) Annual Meeting hosted by the Great Lakes, North America Chapter. It mentions that porosity of tufa due to the myriad spaces makes it an ideal medium to grow alpines.

The article reports on the visit of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) to the plants that survive in the Alpine Garden Trail near the top of Mount Washington, Oregon which is known as the place of the world's worst weather. It states that the place's weather is erratic due to the convergence of several storm tracks from the South Atlantic, Gulf region, and Pacific Northwest. Moreover, plants that grow in the alpine zone are unique to New England and survived through blooming.

The article presents the author's insights concerning his experience as a nurseryman, and of growing alpine plants in Netherlands. The author mentions that Dutch's variable climate makes growing plants a challenge, since high alpine species cannot survive high temperatures. He offers information on growing his favorite plants including Androsace which is easily grown in the open, Saxifrages which produces compact cushions and brilliant flowers, and Dionysia which is best propagated in spring.

The article offers information on rock gardening whereby the author uses different kinds of suitable rocks like amphibolite for his rock gardens in Poznan in Western Poland. It notes that it is very helpful to have new garden elements like alpine houses and sandstone troughs to keep various cultivars alive like Gentiana verna, and to have an attractive arrangement of rocks. Meanwhile, it cites climate and geographic location as some factors affecting the natural-looking formation of rock garden.

The article features the garden of Carl Gehenio, winner of the 2009 Linc and Timmy Foster Millstream Garden Award in Alpine or Rock Category. It states that Carl has an exceptional talent in garden design and knowledge in plants. He built and designed Millennium Rock Garden set between the road and a stream in 2000 and Cervice Garden in 2004, which was made by sinking 5 meters closed narrow rocks and bare rock sections. It also cites that there are many native wood plants like bloodroot.

The article focuses on the Intermountain habitat found in the E. H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden in British Columbia during an exhibition after its closure several years ago. It identifies the plants collected from the alpine garden and provides further details about them. Information regarding its renovation layout is also presented which includes the landscape design and irrigation system.

The article explores the plants found in Mt. Patscherkofel Alpine Garden in Austria. It traces the beginnings of alpine gardening. The author mentions several mountain gardens he had been into. He identifies and classifies the natural elements found in the garden such as the rock and scree communities, dwarf shrub heath and timber forest.

The author reflects on the art of rock gardening. He gives emphasis on the perspectives that he gained from other rock garden specialists as well as the importance of natural components of an alpine meadow that enhances flowery spectacle. According to him, gardening is a craft they learn by trial and effort. He also describes an ideal rock garden landscape.

The article describes the alpine and rock garden plants of the Wasatch Range of northern Utah. A general geographic and geologic description of the mountain range is provided. The author discusses the wide range of plants native to the area, specifically to the following regions: Mount Timpanogos, the Cottonwood Canyons, and Snow Basin.

The author relates that while at an International Rock Garden Conference another attendee gave her copies of the "Quarterly Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society" from the early 1960s. The author was delighted to find annual awards for alpine plants and set herself the mission to look into the performance of the plants mentioned more than forty years later.

This article contemplates on the aesthetic elements confined in rock gardening. It purports that the study of rock plants opens endless opportunities for curiosity and enhances instinctive connection with nature. It mentions the philosophy of Plato with regards to the instinctual sense of beauty contained in flowers and alpine plants. It also discusses the teleological connection of the natural beauty of plants based on Enlightenment aesthetics of Immanuel Kant.

The article offers tips on doing the container garden that lasts for any length of time. It mentions several considerations such as soils with extra grit and and sand for alpine plants to grow, enlarging drainage holes to the container, and the slow-growing plants in containers. Also, two approaches for planting up containers include the miniaturized landscape with dwarf shrubs and the fullsize landscape. It notes that plants in containers benefit from the stones on the surface of the compost.

The article offers the author's insights on growing unusual plants. The author relates his experience as a member of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) in Newfoundland wherein he was able to obtain information on alpine and woodland plants, and saw various plants through garden visits. He adds that the Seed Exchange is a way to acquire seeds such as wild-collected seed from alpine regions including Japan, New Zealand, and Europe.

Presents information on the Petrophytum alpine plant. Features of the rock plant; Tips on planting and growing Petrophytum; Details of the species of Petrophytum.

Presents information on three Clematis rock plants that are found in American West. Clematis columbiana; Clematis fremontii; Clematis hirsutissima.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for installing a stone garden wall with alpine plants inset into it.

The author lives near Portland, Oregon and reports on the behavior of Notholirion thomsonianum in her home's garden. Her plant was given to her and she thought she had killed the original plant. However, a bulbet had survived and bloomed. The plant is taller than most alpine plants growing to roughly 3 feet. The plant is native to the Himalayas.

The author discusses the successes and failures of small scale plants in her Northern California rock garden. The perennial Hirpicium armerioides has successfully survived summer heat and winter fogs while the dianthus "Eastern Star" failed despite claims that the plant is heat tolerant. The author has also had continued success with Scutellaria suffretescens.

Presents information on the growth of alpine plants. Characteristics of alpine plants; Benefits of the climate in Southern Ontario for growing the alpine plants; Details on the book "Landscape and Memory"; Factors to consider in growing alpine plants.