##Design##
* Determine the “look” of the border; browse magazines and books for inspiration if you need a place to start.
* Analyze the site conditions and create a plan to determine placement of elements such as berms, paths, trees and shrubs—which should go in first.
* Be flexible. MacDonald started with a plan drawn to scale, but says, “It changed during the installation due to plant availability and impulse-buying
of plants we just had to have.”
**California poppies weren’t part of the original plan.**
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