  'Magic'-angle twisted bilayer graphene has received a lot of interest due to
its flat bands with potentially non-trivial topology that lead to intricate
correlated phases. A spectrum with flat bands, however, does not require a
twist between multiple sheets of van der Waals materials, but rather can be
realized with the application of an appropriate periodic potential. Here, we
propose the imposition of a tailored periodic potential onto a single graphene
layer through local perturbations that could be created via lithography or
adatom manipulation, which also results in an energy spectrum featuring flat
bands. Our first-principle calculations for an appropriate decoration of
graphene with adatoms indeed show the presence of flat bands in the spectrum.
Furthermore, we reveal the topological nature of the flat bands through a
symmetry-indicator analysis. This non-trivial topology manifests itself in
corner-localized states with a filling anomaly as we show using a tight-binding
model. Our proposal of a single decorated graphene sheet provides a new
versatile route to study correlated phases in topologically non-trivial, flat
band structures.
