A Journey: Making My Own Head Planters with Hypertufa

I found a great blog to help me in my garden:  http://www.the-artistic-garden.com. 


 Here's the specific post that's going to get me started making head planters:  http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/hypertufa-planter.html


They suggest using >hypertufa, which I have never used before.  Here's the Wikipedia definition for Hypertufa:  >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertufa


Here are some recipes for making Hypertufa:  http://www.gardenstew.com/about1779.html

Here's a beginner's recipe:
http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/hypertufa-recipe-beginner.html


Equal portions of 

• Portland cement 
• Perlite
• Peatmoss
• Water (just a little less)

Mix until you can form a ball out of it.

Also need:

• Cooking spray 
• Disposable gloves
• Styrofoam head>

Pictures of head planters I've found online:

If you don't want to make your own, you might try these: