DIY Vintage Crate Succulent Garden

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Believe it or not, a DIY Vintage Crate Succulent Garden is not only incredibly gorgeous, but also easy to make. Plus, only a few supplies are needed!

Typically I’m known for being kind of, sort of, ok yea… I’m OCD. I have a very detailed and structured planner that tells me exactly what I need to do every day. Does everything always get done? Absolutely not! However, I am learning the art of how to schedule my day without taking on too much. Anybody else have this problem? I usually plan my day the night before when I’m motivated, dedicated, and a step above the rest (hah–anybody recognize that reference?!) which also means that I have not foreseen the next day’s dilemmas or even inspirational moments. Which is exactly how this DIY Vintage Crate Succulent Garden came about.

I just so happened to be doing a little bit of spring cleaning when I came across this gorgeous, vintage crate that was packed away in our attic. I’ve always loved the coloring and rustic-y goodness of it, but didn’t know exactly how to use it.

Thankfully I also just so happened to be looking for a solution to combine all of my random succulents that I had around the house at the same time.

You see, I have this realllyyyy bad habit of constantly propagating my succulent leaves when they fall off by accident, or for whatever reason.

Which means that I obviously have a lot of succulents in various stages of life throughout my home and my studio. Needless to say, I am terrible about remembering to water all of them and figured that they would survive much better in one location rather than their current situation.

Materials:

succulents
mesh
chicken wire
sand
dirt
stapler
shovel

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So, I did a little bit of research online about vertical and hanging planters and it looks like your plants need an adjustment period to get established prior to be hung up.

Here’s what I did to get the ball rolling:

I ensured that my vintage crate was sturdy enough to hold the large amount of dirt and sand I would be putting in it.
I stapled black mesh inside the crate to prevent the dirt/sand to fall out in large quantities due to the many openings it had.
Then, I stapled in my chicken wire, added my dirt/sand mixture, and put in my succulent babies.

Overall, the process was fairly easy, but a little time consuming since I had to make sure I could fit all of my succulents into the crate together.

I’m crossing my fingers that all of them will survive and prosper in their new homes, and I can have photos soon of my new vertical hanging DIY vintage crate succulent garden. Happy Saturday, and stay tuned :)