Help with flower bed tips/advice/ideas! I’m looking for any advice for a beginner planning a DIY project for a flower bed in this area (back to the orange line stopping right at the retention wall). A few details: I live in zone 9a, south Texas It’s about 18ft x 7ft I live on a hill so the neighbor’s lawn to the right is an incline I wanted to plant a few native flowering shrubs This area receives full sun for like 12 hours during these summer days. I was planning to clean it all out, dig a few inches out, flatten it, do some weed control, put some type of edging around it, maybe new soil with some mulch on top with a few native shrubs spaced apart to account for growth. I wanted to do some rocks instead of mulch but research kinda deterred me away from that. Any thing else I should consider or do? I wasn’t sure if there was anything I should account for with the incline of my neighbors yard eroding or water run off into the bed. Also if any ideas or things I should consider with working around the utility equipment in that area. Please! Any advice or ideas would be extremely helpful!! Originally by u/JMart1107 on Reddit: https://tinyurl.com/28um33yc