For this project I went to a succulent nursery here in South Florida called Isaac Farms (I'll later post pictures of this heavenly place). With a great selection of these types of plants, it was very difficult to just pick a few. Besides the succulents and the basket, I also used organic potting soil (available at Home Depot), some twine and a roll of charcoal fiberglass screen (also from Home Depot).

The first thing I did was to cut a big piece of the fiberglass screen to place inside the basket. The size will vary depending on the container you are using. This screen will prevent the soil from getting out of the basket but at the same time will help with the draining. Remember these plants don't like to be drown with water! Now, I layout the succulents (still on their original pots) inside the basket to get a better idea of how they will look once planted. Make sure to take a photo of this so you'll remember the placing for later. Now I filled the area of the screen with the soil and removed with scissors the excess at the top.

Now for the tricky part; in the future (when the succulents grow a bit more) I'm planning on hanging this basket on the wall. With this idea in mind, I have to secure the soil and the screen to the basket. The way I did this was by using some twine around the top part of the screen (sewing it to the border of the basket as shown on pictures 1 and 2). I also made some stitching on the bottom of the basket to really secure the screen (you can do this step before pouring the soil). Once the soil was in, I pressed it down to make sure it would stay firm and placed another layer of screen (picture 3) on top of the soil. I also sew this to the basket (pictures 4 and 5).