Ornamental grasses and dried seedheads catching low evening light in a gravel border.
Dry borders · chalk valleys · coastal planting

Planting designer

Yarrow Ward

I design borders that still read well in February and keep their nerve through a dry August — structural, drought-tolerant, quiet about maintenance.

Working area
The chalk valleys and the south coast; plan reviews remotely further afield.
Availability
Plan commissions from early spring. Garden walk-throughs most Thursdays.

What I am usually asked for

  1. 01

    Planting plans Scaled drawings, species lists and spacings.

  2. 02

    Garden walk-throughs Two hours reading soil, light and drainage.

  3. 03

    Succession editing Cutting and dividing schedules for mature borders.

  4. 04

    Nursery sourcing Lists matched to growers holding the stock.

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Enquiries

Tell me what you are planning

A sentence or two about the site is plenty to start — aspect, soil and what the border has to do are the useful parts. Replies go out within the week.