I've just used perennials like the inula, thalictrum, fennel and fatsia plus trees etc, and then planted annuals that self seed. Then i just left it to do its thing. It's 5 years since it was a bare patch so it's coming into its own this year i think.
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That garden looks so lovely.
Congrats!
This has been a cold summer, I dread the winter coming, you keep warm x