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Easy Indoor Succulent Rock Garden

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Turn a thrifted kitchen bowl into a beautiful succulent and rock garden.

Are you a fan of the succulent craze? I love all the different varieties that can be found and the amazing colors and shapes.

This easy craft is a great way to dip your toe into growing succulents or just create an amazing centerpiece full of them. And the addition of beautiful rocks makes it a succulent garden that everyone will admire.

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

Adding plants to your home will instantly brighten any space. If you are looking for low-maintenance plants to get you started, succulents are a great option.

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So when my son wanted to wander the nursery while we were killing an hour the other day, I said yes!

We got sucked into all the amazing varieties of succulents. My son wouldn’t let me leave without a basket full of the happy little succulents and a bag of cactus potting soil!

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

We came home with our selection of succulents, but had no plan for them. They are tropical succulents so they had to be planted indoor. I decided to head to the thrift store to see if I could find some inspiration for a home for them.  

That’s where I found this little gem! I am pretty sure it is a chicken roaster pan, but it was a beautiful color, has cute little handles and I loved that it is made out of pottery, but the best feature, it cost only $4.99!  And it’s perfect for indoor planting because there are no drain holes to drip water all over the table.

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

Assembling my succulent rock garden was super easy and took only a few minutes.  I filled the pot to the top with the cactus potting soil.  The cactus potting soil is great for the succulents because it will not hold too much water in the soil.  

This is also important since their are no drain holes, the succulents do not want to be sitting in water.  I wanted the garden to mound up a little in the middle so I added a bit extra soil to the middle.

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

Then I started carefully pulling the succulents out of their little pots, shaking off the soil around their roots, then planting them in their new home.  I arranged the taller ones toward the middle and the low ones around the outside.

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.
Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

After the succulents were all planted in their new home, I gathered up some pretty river rocks.  I had these left over from another project and my kids have been playing with them in their sandbox.  Sorry kids!

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

Then I carefully placed the pretty rocks around the succulents.  And presto!

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

Isn’t it so pretty.

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

I’m hoping I can keep my fancy new succulent rock garden alive and pretty!  If I can manage that, I might have to branch out and try some other indoor plants.

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

But I’m starting with my pretty succulents.  Baby steps!

What kind of plants do you like to grow indoors?

Create a beautiful indoor succulent rock garden for your table. Tutorial on Houseful of Handmade.

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Mark

Tuesday 7th of September 2021

This indoor succulent rock looks cute! I must add these to my collection of indoor plants, thanks for sharing the idea!

Lisa

Thursday 25th of April 2019

What a creative use for the chicken roasting pan. I never would have considered it when looking for a planter. Thank you for expanding my creativity horizons!

Kati

Thursday 2nd of May 2019

Thanks Lisa! I am glad I am helping your creativity ;)

Shirley Wood

Saturday 30th of May 2015

Very nice. I like the thrift find, beautiful color and the rocks are a nice touch too. Your son does sound like the perfect shopping buddy! Thanks for sharing with us at the Merry Monday party!

Kati Farrer

Saturday 30th of May 2015

Thank you Shirley!

Sherry

Thursday 28th of May 2015

This is a wonderful project. Thanks for linking up and sharing with us at Funtastic Friday. I hope you join us again this week. We're featuring you rock garden this week :-)

Trish @ tagsthoughts.com

Thursday 28th of May 2015

I'm a huge fan of succulents and I love your thrift shop 'gem'. The outcome of those with the added cactus is just lovely. Thank you for sharing at the Creative Inspiration Party. Stop back by next week ~ Monday 8pm CST.

Kati Farrer

Thursday 28th of May 2015

Thank you Trish!

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