With a bit of advice from me, my client bought a variety of perennials for a sunny border on the left of the garden, and a partly shady one on the right. The builders left the beds full of clay subsoil and rubble, so we dug in and forked over topsoil and compost, removed rocks, planned and planted, and here are the results. Watch this space for updates on progress of the plants including Agapanthus, Pelargoniums, Stipa and Alchemilla.