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Bin store with green roof behind the street sign.
Take up the fake grass if you can, ideally there’s earth under it (looks possible with the weeds growing), replace with lavender and some or ornamental grasses – very low maintenance.
Depending on where the sun is could get other plants, if you get morning sun Hydrangea Annabelle would be great.
If the path went straight from the pavement to the front door you’d reclaim loads of space and if the bins could be down the side or round the back you’d have a load of room to play with.
Then really it’s up to you but I’d just plant the whole thing you don’t need any grass.
Climbers like clematis or climbing roses. Flowering shrubs – like caenothus. Euphorbia. Check soil type and light conditions though.
I would remove the plastic grass and treat it as a bed and plant into the ground.
Take a look at the Soto Gardens website – they have a few collections for wide/narrow borders which you could use for inspo. I’d probably look at hydrangeas, grasses, small shrubs and a smattering of perennials plus TONNES of bulbs. That should give you a solid evergreen foundation for winter interest plus colour and beauty that changes month by month.
How much sun does it get?
The section by the path would look good with a string of lavender but that is a personal taste thing.
Under the main window, a mixture of bushes, bulbs and perennials. Options would be done to personal taste but you should be able to find a combination that gives you something all year round.
fruit tree
Absolutely make the whole grass area, except for bin store (could do one with a planted roof too) into one big garden bed. Make another post with details of how much sun the site gets and a pic of the style of planting you like and we can recommend plants! I’d do a prairie style garden with verbena, grasses, echinacea ect plus some fire dogwood for winter interest.
Tapestry lawn
Sunflowers!
I would say height and “volume” matter here. I’d suggest putting a tall trellis in by the drainpipe, maybe extending between the upper and lower windows of your house. Plant a tallish climber ideally an evergreen. Put it in the ground not a pot.
Put some voluminous textured planting to mid-height in the area under the bigger ground floor window. Have a look at shrubs on the rhs site. I’d include some evergreens. I like ninebark and cotoneaster. Russian sage might work but it might even be too tall. Tall grasses might be a good option maybe look at miscanthus. Aim for tough, drought resistant stuff. If you’re feeling romantic maybe send a climbing rose over the window and then reach over the porch – but remember it’ll fight for water here.
Anything you put by the bins is liable to get pounded by uncaring dustmen. You could try some super tough stuff like low growing conifers out front, or maybe build a raised bed so the bins have to be wheeled out behind it and protect whatever you plant in it. Bear in mind any planter will need regular watering unless you go for drought resistant stuff. If you’re feeling ambitious you could build a kind of gazebo to screen the bin store and maybe grow a climber up to the lower roof. It’s a faff though.
Your best bet might be to put something bushy behind the road sign. You don’t want to always be trimming it back though. I like a cotinus (smoke bush). A native privet might also go in there pretty happily. It’ll screen the bins somewhat.
Some low growing charmers such as lavender or cistus could squeeze in the narrow strip by the path.
● Where the bins are put up a frame and grow wisteria on that square section, properly set the slabs in with gravel just infront of it so you don’t have to drag the bins in mud when it’s missing down raining.
● Grow a bay or olive tree behind where the street sign is and keep it nicely shaped up.
● Few ornamental grasses down the side of the ramp with lilac randomly planted about.
● Big Lavander bush outside the large window on the right
● Fancy hand rail for the ramp maybe?
Hebe, lots of year round colour, a hardy fuchsia. Some bulbs, for Spring, summer, and autumn (daffodil, tulip, gladiolus, iris etc). Maybe a heather for winter colour.
A nicer bin storying area to keep them together and not get blown away
Some low shrubs would look appealing. There are so many options. Visit your nearest plant nursery for advice as there are some that offer seasonal interest, with berries, colourful stems & pretty flowers too.
I’d grow roses against the wall.
Loads of alliums, delphinium, lupin and lobelia.
I’d add planters or a hedge if it gets enough light.
You could also just about fit a wacky inflatable tube man.
I would have the whole area as wild flowers. It would look amazing. I usually spread my seed on soil in autumn so, you would have to take that grass up but it’s so easy to do with a spade. However I just moved last May, so. I sprinkled a box in June and I had masses of wild flowers until October.
A cannon.
A trellis where the bins used to be would make sense. You could grow a clematis or two up it? I recommend Clematis ‘Princess Diana’ as it is a very healthy and vigorous clematis
A shrub behind the street sign would look good too, perhaps a a hardy fuchsia? Those are great for bees
Under the fuchsia and below the sign you could add a groundcover of your choice, I recommend a mix of London pride, spring bulbs and lily on the valley as that looks great in my relatives garden. They will fill out and even move under the fuchsia if conditions are right.
On the right side, I think some clumping and compact perennials make sense. Astilbes are compact and have very upright flowers and you can find a decent variety of colors (just make sure you dont get a very big kind).
This guy is worth watching:
https://youtu.be/VaJvQn-tvPE?feature=shared
Joel Ashton’s videos are really useful. You can do a lot with this space – native hedges are a great start.
Some gnomes and some empty crisp packets would look charming
Yeah.. the developers made things a wee bit tough for you there. They gave you *some* front garden, just not enough to do much.
If you don’t need the ramp, then get rid of that sloped thing and putting in a couple of steps straight to the front door. Buy or build a shed-like structure for your bins. I’d recommend one with a gate that opens onto the driveway. If the estate/community rules allow it, put some sort of low wall, with an iron railing fence on the top along the font. Not very high, maybe 160cm or so to the top of the railings. Fill the space between the low wall and the house with a good quality pea gravel or similar. And place some nice specimen shrubs, trees, etc. in containers on the gravel. Put something biggish to the right of the front door to hide the electrical box and the cover for the gas meter.
You don’t want grass in that space, because it will be a pain to cut. Which is why the previous occupant put the plastic stuff in there. Hiding the bins would make any UK house look (at least) 20% better.
It looks like a nice modern UK house. Just needs a little love and planning to make it look its best.
You are going to find that the dirt there is very shallow..less than 6 inches.
Bulbs work ok
And lavender might do alright
Wild flower meadow!
I reckon a Roman statue staring people down who try to read the road sign. Or a fountain. Or an army of gnomes.
Decent Bin Store. Then pot a clematis next to it and put some trellis on the wall around it.
If you keep the path to the door, I’d get some small privet hedging. Doesn’t have to be any more than a foot or 2 high, just gives it some separation from the pavement and creates a cheap boundary. Then put any plants you like unfmxer the window (hydrangeas, lillies etc)
I’d do some nice big ceramic pots in bonny colours. https://www.bomagardencentre.co.uk/pots-planters/garden-pots/glazed-garden-pots
Given that the space is so small and the soil is probably full of crap, I’d be tempted to pave/gravel it over rather than trying to plant stuff and keep it alive. If doing gravel you’ll have to do some sort of decorative edging to keep it in place.
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Then go to a garden centre and pick some plants you like. A climber like honeysuckle would be pretty.
I’d probably add 20 – 30 Gnomes
Some sort of climber with a fra.e around the box. Maybe a mini headge on the path to the threshold (buxus,conifers, or yew for example) maybe a few hanging baskets and or pots for seasons
Get a wooden enclosure for the bins? Crazy how they don’t think about how bad bins look out front.
british new builds are awful. persimmon?
Are big windows illegal in new builds?
Move house
Remove fake grass. Do not replace with real grass. Create the whole space into a flower bed and plant plant plant. Maybe a cute border around the edge.