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I was excited to be invited by Home Depot to attend one of their Do-it Herself Workshops. This one was on succulents and they demonstrated how to plant them in containers for indoors. I was shocked at how easy it was! I collected the supplies in store, went on the hunt for the perfect out of the box containers, and created this…
I am in LOVE with it! I always say I should have lived in simpler times and this takes me back to the time of fresh cream on the farm and homemade gravy for Sunday dinners.
Now going back to the workshop, she demonstrated how to create a pot of succulents like in the picture below.
This is actually one of the ones she created, I was lucky enough to be one of the winners and got to take it home. Isn’t it happy in my living room? I love the modern day terra cotta! They have some adorable pots at Home Depot.
So how to make a succulent arrangement of your own?
SUPPLIES:
- Miracle Gro Cactus, Palm and Citrus Soil
- Container of Your Choice
- Succulent Plants
- Water
- Small Bristle Brush (like a paint brush)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Fill your container most of the way full packing the soil tight and leaving about an inch at the top.
2. Break up the roots of your succulents and add to container using a variety of heights and colors to add interest. Press them in firmly and add additional soil where needed.
3. Use the bristle brush to brush off any stray soil bits lodged in the succulents or around the rim of your container.
4. Water them generously as you would any newly moved plant.
5. Succulents hold water in their leaves. They rarely need to be watered, probably only once every 2-3 weeks. So ignore them for the most part and when they start to dry out a bit and that is when you should water them.
I can’t wait to try out more succulent arrangements! They are so easy and low maintenance which is perfect for me!
I’m looking forward to more Do-It Herself Workshops as well! The next two on the agenda are build your own Adirondack chair and learn to install bathroom faucets and vanities. So awesome right?! And free! Love it.
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Beautiful!!! What a fun project to do at Home Depot 🙂
Awesome project! I have some succulents that are outgrowing their pot and this is a great idea for bringing some of them indoors. Thanks for posting.
Really cute Michelle! 🙂
I love succulents and I love your containers. What a fun project.
I’m an official “plant killer” so these would be PERFECT for me! Thanks for sharing!!!
Just wondering about drainage in the sweet containers you planted the succelents. Any problem with that at all or is it because they are watered so infrequently drainage is not as necessary as with other potted plants? I love succulents, especially here in CA where we’re experiencing a drought. And Home Depot has the best selection of anyone around.
You can place some aquarium charcoal and rocks in the bottom if you are worried about drainage, but as you said they are not watered very often so it should not be a huge problem.