DIY Succulent Centerpiece

We love succulent centerpieces! However, we don't love the prices some of the high end home design stores are charging. We were sticker shocked at some of the 3 figure price tags but very grateful for the inspiration to DIY this project ourselves.
We were looking for a medium to large sized galvanized or metal vessel for our rustic farm table. This was what we found at our Home Goods store which worked perfect and cost less than $25.00. If you are wanting to DIY a succulent centerpiece and save even more on the budget, walk each room of your house and and look for containers of all shapes that you can repurpose such as an old shallow dish, basket or wood box.
The majority of materials we already had in our garage from gardening projects. The materials we used were Pea size gravel, Flex Seal, landscape fabric and potting soil. All we need now is the succulents!
You can purchase succulents at any big box store such as Lowe's or Home Depot but if you have a local nursery you want to support, I am sure they would appreciate the business. We chose 12 succulents for our design. They were all so beautiful, it was difficult to decide!
Succulents can thrive indoors or outdoors and although relatively easy to care for they still need proper light and water. Since this will be indoors and in a container that we don't want to leak yet still needs to provide proper drainage, we sprayed the inside with Flex Seal to seal any potential cracks. After about 20 minutes of drying, an inch layer of pea size gravel was placed in the bottom of the vessel for good drainage.
The next step is optional but since we had some landscape fabric in the garage, we thought it would be a good idea to place a layer in between the gravel and soil to keep them totally seperate.
Our container is pretty low so we spread about an inch of potting soil over the landscape fabric allowing us room to place the succulents then secure them with more soil.
This really was the fun part, seeing it all come together and knowing that you designed it and saved on the family budget. You can put several plants closer together or allow some space in between.
The metal vessel against the rustic wood was exactly what we were looking for and it sits in the perfect spot for just the right sunlight.
With a little water and a touch of Spanish moss we had our very own DIY succulent centerpiece for a fraction of the cost had we bought one already designed.
Diane and Dean DIY
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