How to create a Whimsical Succulent Container Garden

 For Mother'Day, I decided to make succulent container gardens for gifts this year. So I thought I would share with you how to make one! You can make a container garden out of any container. I am using old colanders, painted metal buckets and a wire mesh basket I found at Hobby Lobby. They are a great source for unique containers. 
Here is a link to how to care for your succulents and cactus. 
http://www.cactuslands.com/plants.htm

Supply List
*Container - be sure to add holes for drainage
*Roll of Fabric weed block - can be found at all home improvement stores
*Hot glue gun
*Glue sticks
*Scissors
*Potting soil - I used Miracle Grow Cactus soil and added pellets that retain water, because containers can dry out quickly
*Plants - I used succulents, cactus and some annuals

Here I have cut the fabric larger than my container. I am lining the basket with it to keep the dirt in, but to let the water drain out if over watered. I hot glue the fabric to the container, folding it in the corners to make it form to the basket.

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Once the liner is glued in I trimmed it to the edge of the basket.

Fill your container halfway with soil and water retention pellets. Start adding your plants and filling in around them with more soil.

This is how this one looks completed.

This one is a mixture of annuals and succulents. I painted this yellow container with gray stripes to create this chevron patterned container. Then I filled it with yellow and white annuals.

Colanders make great containers for a kitchen garden. You can plant lettuce or herbs in them as well.

This is a vintage splatter wear colander. Love it!

Here I used a metal tub, just remember to put drain holes in the bottom!

This glazed terracotta pot goes great with cactus and succulents!

Have fun creating your own whimsical succulent container gardens!