Lesson 10 - the final lesson : Layout. I’ve two tricks for you - the first is repetition. Repeat your plants! Better to use a select few repeated throughout the border, than dozens of plants just once, which can look dotty chaotic. (So go back and edit down that excel sheet - less is more!) Repeating a majority of your plants will provide rhythm and unity. You don’t HAVE to repeat your larger plants, but I strongly suggest you repeat perennials and smaller shrubs, and it works well for anything structural too. Avoid the urge to repeat in a uniform manner - repetition should feel slightly random to create a natural feel. Then trick 2 - grouping. Again, you don’t need to group every plant, but for perennials and grasses, resist the urge to plant in ones, and instead cluster groups of the same plant together in odd numbers. If you are restricted with narrow borders, this can still be achieved by massing narrow, upright forms such as Astrantia or Salvia in between chunky clumps of Nepeta, Geranium etc. Repeat these groups, mixing up the quantities so it’s not too uniform, to tie it all together. And that my dear friends, completes my 10 part tutorial on how to plan a border. Do you feel you could try this yourself? Let me know in the comments? 🌱