Just last week a small accident took place, and this beautiful blue vase broke. After it broke it transformed into such a striking item that we had to think of something to do with it. After some thought, Julie came up with the most charming idea to make it into a small succulent garden. Since not everyone has space, or time to maintain a large outdoor garden, this is the perfect alternative! This is such an easy project- and the results are beyond gratifying. A tutorial follows, so you can make your very own!
1. Gather your supplies. For this you will need:
3. Cut a square of you cloth soil keeper and place in the bottom of your container. Add some pebbles over the bottom of your cloth.
4. Add in your soil. We used Miracle Grow, it always gives us great results!
5. Add in your tallest succulent. Since this one peeks over the top of all the other ones, it is the "thriller". We used Elephant Bush. It is important to gently break apart the roots before planting each succulent.
6. Add in the succulent you are using to "fill". Climbing Aloe is perfect for this.
7. Your "spill" is next. Seriecio Radicans Glauca is what we used. It looks divine.
8. The last succulent we used is Sedum Robrotinctum cv. Aurora. Our little garden needed a pop of color and this was fabulous.
9. Add in you moss, and an embellishment. The contrast between the green and blue and the rusted metal bee we used is the best choice we could have made.
10. Water. You garden should get a drink once a week, until it dribbles out of the bottom. Over watering will kill you succulents, so really- only one time per week!
We hope you've enjoyed this tutorial!
- a container
- wire clippers (we used these to trim the wire at the end of our embellishment to just the right height)
- cloth soil keeper- a roll of this can be purchased at any garden supply store
- scissors
- a cement drill bit
- succulents
- potting soil
- moss
- an embellishment (optional)
3. Cut a square of you cloth soil keeper and place in the bottom of your container. Add some pebbles over the bottom of your cloth.
4. Add in your soil. We used Miracle Grow, it always gives us great results!
5. Add in your tallest succulent. Since this one peeks over the top of all the other ones, it is the "thriller". We used Elephant Bush. It is important to gently break apart the roots before planting each succulent.
6. Add in the succulent you are using to "fill". Climbing Aloe is perfect for this.
7. Your "spill" is next. Seriecio Radicans Glauca is what we used. It looks divine.
8. The last succulent we used is Sedum Robrotinctum cv. Aurora. Our little garden needed a pop of color and this was fabulous.
9. Add in you moss, and an embellishment. The contrast between the green and blue and the rusted metal bee we used is the best choice we could have made.
10. Water. You garden should get a drink once a week, until it dribbles out of the bottom. Over watering will kill you succulents, so really- only one time per week!
We hope you've enjoyed this tutorial!