Succulent Sunday

Before Walker and I moved in together, we bought a few succulents to spruce up his old apartment. When he moved in, they took up new residence on a table in the backyard and have been absolutely thriving!  Seeing how well they are doing, Walker has been wanting to get some more and create a succulent garden. So after a busy Saturday of cleaning the apartment and hanging out with friends, Walker and I decided to have a lazy Sunday and finally tackle this fun little project!

In one trip to Home Depot, we were able to get a terra-cotta planter for $7, several succulents for $2-$7 each, and a bag of palm & cactus soil for $12 (we wanted to replant the other succulents into bigger pots also so we needed a big bag).  All-in-all we spent about $35 but you could definitely go cheaper with all $2 succulents and a smaller bag of soil.  The most fun part was picking out which succulents we wanted to use!

Walker started his project with a shallow layer of soil in the planter and placed the biggest succulent (how cool is he!?) as our centerpiece.  He filled in the sides with another layer of soil and then placed the smaller succulents around the big guy.  He finished by using the soil to fill in the spaces between all of the succulents and even everything out.

As a finishing touch, we went on an adventure collecting rocks in our backyard to use as a top layer over the soil. We are so happy with the way it turned out. In fact, Walker has started referring to the garden as his new pet… should I be worried? :)