I found this cute little mid-century planter at a flea market last week. After seeing this pin I knew just what I needed to fill it with, a colorful arrangement of cacti and succulents! It was so much fun to pick out a variety. I'm kinda obsessed with adding green to our home right now. It completely brings the place to life!Thanks for letting me share my tiny, but very happy, project! Sometimes it's the little things that get me most excited. xo. Elsie
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i love the little things that i get excited over too!!!!
this is, without a doubt, one of my favorite things you’ve posted. i saw your pin and started researching how to make cacti grew. guess you just purchased them. so awesome.
absolutely in love with this! we have a trip to the plant nursery planned for a couple of weeks from now when the weather warms up, and i’m beyond excited 🙂
Well…you did it again! You blew my mind with another awesome project! I never thought of decorating with cacti and succulents, but the colors you used here are just beautiful. My sister is coming into town this weekend, and I think this is the perfect little project for us. Thank you again for the great inspiration:)
That planter is fantastic
I really like your cacti and succulents and that there’s a bit of colour in there as well as just green http://ahandfulofhope.blogspot.co.uk/
I was in cvs yesterday. They had tons of little succulent plants. I was going to buy one when I noticed some of the flowers had actually been fixed to the plants with a hot glue gun. I wonder if anyone has seen this elsewhere? And do the mistreated plants die like carnival goldfish?
This is so lovely Elsie! Everything about it is so perfectly vintage/modern and the colors are very bright and fun. And I actually think I could handle a little garden like this. It is hard to kill succulents, right? 😉
I have been meaning to get to the green house and pick up some little baby succulents! Now I think I will have to go later today!
Thanks Elsie:)
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flowers always make me happy! Every spring, the kids and I plant flowers in the garden out back and in pots on the front porch. They instantly make me smile. 🙂
Oh, I love this! I have a cluster of succulents that desperately need to be replanted to give them more room and I like the idea of adding in colorful cacti. I’ll have to remember this!
Agh the colours are TOO good in your planter. I’ve wanted a planter of cacti for a long time. Something about them is so dainty in a weird awkward way haha!
Wow, what a great arrangement! I’m in love with succulent flowers. There is a ginormous 10 ft Cactus about to bloom in front of the Santa Barbara Mission, and I need to check it everyday until it pops!
I would call this a ‘little joy’. Those things or moments in life that just make you happy for some reason and you just have to stop and enjoy it for minute. Life is just too hard not to pause and soak up the ‘little joys’!
Awesome Elsie! I am horrible at keeping plants alive so this would probably be a good idea for me since those look harder to kill:-) Super cute and colorful..Love it! ~Christina
I posted a similar kind of picture on instagram yesterday, and was told that many of the flowers are dried and stuck on with pins. Still pretty, but kinda sad!
So adorable! What colorful cacti! I am terrible at caring for plants but I think this one may be worth a try – especially since cactus are supposed to be pretty hearty plants. Thanks for sharing!
What kind of soil is that? Don’t mean to be accusatory or anything, but it doesn’t look like it’s the right kind of soil for succulents (though correct me if I’m wrong!)
Thanks for sharing! And a little did you know… you can take the pit of an avocado and grow a tree! I currently have three in my window sill and all are sprouting.
I’m also a big bamboo fan… for those with black thumbs they are GREAT plants, you don’t even need soil. Just use some rocks and change the water every two weeks (ps. Ikea is a great place to get bamboo).
I love succulents. If there is one non-food I like to grow, it’s those. Did you know that those cacti flowers are usually fake ones glued on?! A friend of mine showed up (they pulled theirs off), and a week later hers flowered for real!
Elsie, How do you suggest re-potting cactus plants without stabbing yourself? Do you just wear gardening gloves? I’ve tried but I keep getting pricked, they are so much sharper than they look! Any tips would be appreciated! 🙂
I made something like this with my mom last spring. Very fun, super pretty results. But now, a year later, all the succulents have grown so much that the garden looks weird! It’s all spindly and the plants have grown up and outward, so the cute little bundled look is gone. Any idea how to keep that from happening? Is it like bonsai, where you have to prune them and keep the roots in check? Or is the cacti garden just one of those temporary beautiful things?
Love it! I bought my very first flowers for my house this week and I can’t stop moving them from room to room because they just instantly brighten it up. I think I need a planter similar to this in my living room.
I read online that succulents require good drainage – I have a couple baby succulents that I want to transfer to a new container but I haven’t found the right one yet… Your container looks like it doesn’t have drainage holes? Is it okay to use containers without holes?
These are really beautiful, I’m obsessed with cacti and succulents too, any suggestions on planting them, lol I always leave them in the pot,
Did you use gloves, mittens, tongs? lol
I have a vintage plant stand just like this that I thrifted! I just can’t seem to find the right pot to fit inside of it! Did your white pot come with the stand? It’s gorgeous!
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i love the little things that i get excited over too!!!!
i looove succulents. this is so pretty! and i agree about adding plants to a home to bring it to life. it really does, i’m obsessed!
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I love it, it’s colorfull and amazing !!!
Well done Elsie 🙂
Hi from France !
love it – succulents and cacti are my favorite plants because they are hard to kill :).
I absolutely love the colors in this! Your projects never fail to inspire me 🙂
Love the mid-century find! What a great little garden… perfect for apartment life.
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this is, without a doubt, one of my favorite things you’ve posted. i saw your pin and started researching how to make cacti grew. guess you just purchased them. so awesome.
absolutely in love with this! we have a trip to the plant nursery planned for a couple of weeks from now when the weather warms up, and i’m beyond excited 🙂
Oh, I need to do something like this in my room. So colorful!
Well…you did it again! You blew my mind with another awesome project! I never thought of decorating with cacti and succulents, but the colors you used here are just beautiful. My sister is coming into town this weekend, and I think this is the perfect little project for us. Thank you again for the great inspiration:)
That planter is fantastic
I really like your cacti and succulents and that there’s a bit of colour in there as well as just green
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I love that purple! Too bad I can’t keep anything alive…not even succulants!!!
So pretty!
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It really does look amazing. So many colors and shapes! Cacti are great.
so great! succulents and cacti are the only things i can keep alive so this is prefect!
I love this so much! I’ve been itching to buy a few succulents for my home 🙂
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I was in cvs yesterday. They had tons of little succulent plants. I was going to buy one when I noticed some of the flowers had actually been fixed to the plants with a hot glue gun. I wonder if anyone has seen this elsewhere? And do the mistreated plants die like carnival goldfish?
This is so lovely Elsie! Everything about it is so perfectly vintage/modern and the colors are very bright and fun. And I actually think I could handle a little garden like this. It is hard to kill succulents, right? 😉
I have been meaning to get to the green house and pick up some little baby succulents! Now I think I will have to go later today!
Thanks Elsie:)
Leah
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It’s very cute!
xo Jennifer
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Beautiful Elsie! I love succulents and yours look fantastic in that planter!
xx Allison
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I love green things. Green things + color? Cannot be beat.
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Oh wow, what a cool planter! And your plants are so colorful!
That planter is adorable! I never find cute things like that when I go out looking! Maybe I need to take another trip to springfield!
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Even though I am not a fan of cactus plants, I really like the arrangement of this planter!
This is just so cute! Cacti are my favourite plants. 🙂
I really love this. Absolutely want to make one!
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Love this! I liked it on instagram, these photos take it to the next level. Will be in the look for one.
Gorgeous! I would like your planter, your creativity and your obvious green thumb!
Karin @ Cafe Bebe
ohhh, this is so pretty. the colors are so wonderful.
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It’s beautiful!! Oh my goodness – I love it! That is such an awesome find.
This is lovely, I’m not a big fan of a cactus usually but this I really like! Well done 🙂
Gemma typically.pretty.english
flowers always make me happy! Every spring, the kids and I plant flowers in the garden out back and in pots on the front porch. They instantly make me smile. 🙂
love your arrangement!
that is so perfect!
I love this! I’ve been really into cacti lately and this is a great way to do it! Going to keep this in mind for future decorating plans.
Love this post, thanks for sharing!
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That is amazing!!!!!!
How beautiful. I love succulents.
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Oh, I love this! I have a cluster of succulents that desperately need to be replanted to give them more room and I like the idea of adding in colorful cacti. I’ll have to remember this!
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LOVE it!!! SO bright + colorful. I can’t wait for warm weather + planting.
This is gorgeous!! AHH I want it in my home! You did a great job!
awesome find ! and a great way to make a fun use out of it…
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love love love this.
Can’t go wrong with succulents! I really like how yours are so colorful!
Great project! Thanks for sharing!
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Agh the colours are TOO good in your planter. I’ve wanted a planter of cacti for a long time. Something about them is so dainty in a weird awkward way haha!
xo
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I love how colourful all of these are! So cute! 😀
xo Heather
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Love your mini garden Elsie..
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this is amazing i love it!
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This is sooo adorable!
i love the planter!! i would put it in my yard for a mod looking bird bath.
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Adorable and colorful! xx
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this is super cute and seems doable.
kw ladies in navy
very cute!
That looks so nice. I have at home succulents but not in so nice “garden” like that. Nice inspiration.
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I love cacti, this looks amazing!
That’s so sweet and so beautiful all at the same time. I love all the color!
I totally love this! I would absolutely copy this if I would not a bird who eats all my plants ._.
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This is so pretty! Literally brought a smile to my face.
Planter envy.
Jess
That’s so cute !!
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Love from Paris
I just remembered my grandmother, she had one of those
is a pretty nice idea, vintage and recycling is something that everybody should try
xo
Ruzu
So cute! Any tips on keeping succulents alive?? ha. I’ve got two and I’ve tried everything and they are still dying.
Thanks!
Wow, what a great arrangement! I’m in love with succulent flowers. There is a ginormous 10 ft Cactus about to bloom in front of the Santa Barbara Mission, and I need to check it everyday until it pops!
Very cool idea! I’ve never tried something like that before, but now you’ve got me thinking about it!
I would call this a ‘little joy’. Those things or moments in life that just make you happy for some reason and you just have to stop and enjoy it for minute. Life is just too hard not to pause and soak up the ‘little joys’!
Blessings!
Star
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this is absolutely adorable!
you ladies amaze me, so crafty!
Awesome Elsie! I am horrible at keeping plants alive so this would probably be a good idea for me since those look harder to kill:-) Super cute and colorful..Love it! ~Christina
I posted a similar kind of picture on instagram yesterday, and was told that many of the flowers are dried and stuck on with pins. Still pretty, but kinda sad!
beautiful!
These are such pretty colours!
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oh my god! what is that succulent with the purple tips?! is it real?!
That planter is rad. I would love to find a purple edged dude like that one. What a great color!
That planter is perfection.
Wow such a lovely plant!
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this is adorable, i’ll definitely make one of these for my home!
So adorable! What colorful cacti! I am terrible at caring for plants but I think this one may be worth a try – especially since cactus are supposed to be pretty hearty plants. Thanks for sharing!
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Cacti and succulents are the perfect combination of low maintenence and prettiness! I absolutely love these colors!
Too cute! I’m definitely digging the variety of color.
these are beautiful! i haven’t had tonnes of success with plants, but cacti seem hassle-free and so pretty for spring!
Love love love this planter!
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This is perfect! Your choice of plants is just right. I too am a huge fan of house plants. They add just the right touch to make a house a home.
What kind of soil is that? Don’t mean to be accusatory or anything, but it doesn’t look like it’s the right kind of soil for succulents (though correct me if I’m wrong!)
I’m from the Mojave Desert in California and live in Florida now so I can’t help but love this! So pretty, brilliant use of color.
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This is so pretty and colorful 🙂
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I’m jealous of that planter! this turned out amazing 🙂
This is so gorgeous. I do NOT have a green thumb but I might be able to pull this off.
Wow! What a great idea! I love your inspiration posts! Thank you for sharing!
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This is gorgeous! What’s the name of the blue one?
love the variety, such a perfect planter!!
I adore these. I think it’s high time I start adding some life to my home as well! Great inspiration here.
Loveeeeeeeee it!
Thanks for sharing! And a little did you know… you can take the pit of an avocado and grow a tree! I currently have three in my window sill and all are sprouting.
I’m also a big bamboo fan… for those with black thumbs they are GREAT plants, you don’t even need soil. Just use some rocks and change the water every two weeks (ps. Ikea is a great place to get bamboo).
beautiful! which variety is the purple tipped echeveria?
and once again you create the cutest thing on earth…..
This planter is very cool & I love that purple cactus! I made one not so long ago, but I am waiting for them all to start flowering again!
I love succulents. If there is one non-food I like to grow, it’s those. Did you know that those cacti flowers are usually fake ones glued on?! A friend of mine showed up (they pulled theirs off), and a week later hers flowered for real!
Oh, I love this! I found an old fountain in the trash about a month ago and I am dying to turn it into a succulent planter!
I love this! But unfortunately I think I’m the only one in the world to actually know how to kill cacti!
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I like it!
Looks gorgeous – and for some reason quite unusual too!
Beautiful 🙂
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Omg thats awesome, would love to add more plants to my home and these shouldn’t be too difficult to keep alive, love it!
This is such a wonderful idea! Would love to create one within my house.
Sharleena xx
gorgeous – love the succulent with the purple tips!
Super cute and perfect idea!
Lulu xx
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this is so pretty!! i’ve been wanting do to some succulents. Thanks for sharing some inspiration!
this is a must try, i love it. instant happiness.
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Elsie, How do you suggest re-potting cactus plants without stabbing yourself? Do you just wear gardening gloves? I’ve tried but I keep getting pricked, they are so much sharper than they look! Any tips would be appreciated! 🙂
I absolutely love this!! Thanks for sharing!
~Sacha
Soooo cute! I love it!
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I made something like this with my mom last spring. Very fun, super pretty results. But now, a year later, all the succulents have grown so much that the garden looks weird! It’s all spindly and the plants have grown up and outward, so the cute little bundled look is gone. Any idea how to keep that from happening? Is it like bonsai, where you have to prune them and keep the roots in check? Or is the cacti garden just one of those temporary beautiful things?
Can anyone help me on how to take care of cacti and succulents? How are you supposed to water them and do they need any special soil? 🙂
Love this. Do you know the name of that beautiful succulent with the purple tipped leaves. I’d love to add that to my front porch pots!
Love it! I bought my very first flowers for my house this week and I can’t stop moving them from room to room because they just instantly brighten it up. I think I need a planter similar to this in my living room.
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That is so lovely.
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If it contains cacti….I pretty much LOVE it!
xo
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What is that darling purple and green succulent? It looks like the hens and chicks that I have outside my front door. Is it a specific variety?
I love, love, LOVE this!
love this SO much! the colours are fantastic, and i love the planter too.
This is so cute! Now that it is (almost) spring I can’t wait for all of the color- what agreat way to bring it inside!
xx Kait
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I read online that succulents require good drainage – I have a couple baby succulents that I want to transfer to a new container but I haven’t found the right one yet… Your container looks like it doesn’t have drainage holes? Is it okay to use containers without holes?
Lovely planter! What is that purple guy called? I’ve never seen anything like it.
that purple succulent is gorgeous! I need to find one of those for my glass teardrop terrarium… cant wait to hang it in my living room!
I never though cacti were cute but this post changed my mind, such wonderful colours and not harsh at all!
Oh, I LOVE this! Those succulents are so vibrant! And that vintage container? Swoon!
Oh my gosh, I bet I could totally DIY a version of this using those same hairpin legs you used for your pallet table! <3
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These are really beautiful, I’m obsessed with cacti and succulents too, any suggestions on planting them, lol I always leave them in the pot,
Did you use gloves, mittens, tongs? lol
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Wow! This is one of the cuttest and colorful succulent arrangement I have seen so far! I can’t get enough of this type of plant!
Well done!
Very cute!
I am super envious of this planter you scored! I wish I could have one just like it or similar. I love how you added different colored cacti
What a sweet planter! I want one, too!
yeahh all those little flowers are straw flowers unfortunately. if you pull them off then it’ll allow the real ones to grow!
Beautiful arrangement! This inspired me to pick up some flowers while I was just out at the market. 🙂
xox
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I love how colorful this is! The planter was a great find, too. You’re inspiring me to get my hands dirty.
Where did you find the purple tipped one? It’s super cute but I’ve never seen it before.
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How adorable! I don’t have any plants, at the moment, I am ashamed to say. I think my son would destroy them.
I have a vintage plant stand just like this that I thrifted! I just can’t seem to find the right pot to fit inside of it! Did your white pot come with the stand? It’s gorgeous!
I really love what you did with it. It’s beautiful in it’s own way. The composion of the white, black and colours is just genius. Well done. 🙂
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Bravo !!!! what a magnificent collection. wish you can post me any new collection in future