Long Season Border
Concept: Complete overhaul of old tired border, replacing it with new planting and bulb scheme to span across the seasons.
Where: Ripon, North Yorkshire
Size: 90m2
Status: Planted Autumn 2025
Mid Spring with Primula, Narcissus and Muscari
Early Summer with Iris sibirica, Persicaria, Alliums and Alchemilla
By high summer, ornamental grasses are complemented with perennials such as Echinacea, Agastache, Geranium and Calamintha
With Autumn comes tall straw coloured grasses, yellow Rudbekias and structural seed heads
Installation of the scheme - Ready to begin filling out and blooming in 2026
The Scheme is left to stand over winter with the perennial seed heads and dome shapes to stand against grasses
The brief for this project was to overhaul the old and overgrown border, and replace it with a planting scheme that evolves as the year goes on. With each month comes a new plant to take centre stage. This makes for a dynamic and long lasting display.
With the help of generative visualisation tools, we could input the carefully planned planting scheme and effectively produce accurate visualisations of how the border will look at different stages of the year.
This is a scheme that really speaks the Rowan Landscape style and one we are proud of. Natural, dynamic and bespoke.