Case study - Jane's border

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I cleared the ground of weeds and debris, worked in some compost to increase the moisture retention of the soil and installed a lovely Corten steel edging which defines the border and also links optically to Corten steel water bowls in the garden.

I laid out the plants according to my design, adjusting for the change in shape that we agreed on to have a more rounded edge towards the path to the right. Jane had to substitute a couple of my choices due to availability and as you can see the plants are in different sizes as this is how they were available to her at the time. Therefore when planting I react to all these small changes to make sure the overall design still works as intended.

Jane had some Strulch as a mulch which I used to cover the soil, this will keep the soil more moist and as it gradually works its way into the soil further improve the structure of the soil. It will also help to suppress weeds until the plants are more established. Then I watered the plants in thoroughly and left instructions for watering. 

I will be back a few weeks later to see how its going, but it will take a couple of months for plants to establish and grow and the border to look fuller. And next year it will look like its always been there. In autumn we will go to Phase 2 of the project and underplant with spring bulbs.