It would help to know which direction the house faces. Does it get much sun?
Scottie99 on
I’d put in colourful dwarf shrubs e.g Wiegela, maybe a bay tree near the path, infill with annuals and colourful heather.
Ornery-Smoke9075 on
First thing I’d do is check how much topsoil your developer has desired to allow and how much building rubble is buried under it.
Then make sure the ground can drain somewhere or you’ll have a pond to plant in.
Then I’d probably go for nice little tree/shrubs of your choice either side of the door I like rosemary or lavender myself. Maybe some tall grasses something orange/red. Maybe some ferns and a bit of colour somewhere.
eclecticdragonfly on
For the background and to soften the brick – Climbers! Climbing roses, clematis and Jasmine including evergreen varieties for winter interest. Espaliered pear tree .
Current_Mongoose_321 on
For North facing, hosta, heuchera, astilbe and maybe some fox gloves for height and colour
1308lee on
Fake grass, fridge and an old 3 piece suite?
Ambitious-Carrot3069 on
Hydrangea Annabelle
Outside-After on
Same plot here
Lavender (Hidcote)
Mexican orange
Stick a snowball tree on each side (viburnum op)
GaryGaryson7 on
Gnomes
cmdrxander on
Do you want some sort of border between the soil and the house? Either a drain or a row of bricks or something. Just thinking about damp prevention or soil splashing up onto the brick from rain
Codders94 on
Remove all the buried high viz jackets and scaffold clamps first
Frosty_Debate_4604 on
I’d do something tall and evergreen (there’s like sky pencil holly or the like) on either side of the door to hide the little boxes (as long as you don’t need to use them for something, something smaller to hug in front of the windows like a boxwood or hydrangea or azalea (zone dependent), annuals/ground cover in the front/along the walkway leading to the door (bonus points if you like the way they smell like lavender) and on the edges away from the doorway, something also taller like a narrow conifer or a different species of holly that maybe gets some color variation.
jollygoodvelo on
Honestly…? Whack a few kilos of wild flower seeds in it and leave it to its own devices.
nielsdzn on
I’d add a crisp edging, a 12-18 inch gravel strip by the wall, then layer from front to back with a lavender border, clumps of evergreen grasses and pollinator perennials, plus a slim trellis with a climbing rose to frame the door without blocking the window. Finish with two matching pots by the step holding dwarf evergreens, tuck spring bulbs under the shrubs, and pop in a few solar path lights. I usually use [Gardenly](https://gardenly.app/) to visualize my ideas. Maybe you could give that a try?
somtampapaya on
For shade, you can have climbing hydrangea (not evergreen). For shrub and structure pittosporum , camelia for colour, fatsia for amazing leaf shapes, sarcocca for scent , for smaller plants you can Anemanthle for texture, astantia for flowers, liriope, thalictrum .
These are a few I can think off the top of my head. The most important thing is choosing slightly taller evergreen structure to go along the wall/under window for year round green and eye niceness , climber next to the window and then maybe smaller planting in front if theres space for the smaller flowering bits and bobs, maybe a smaller scented shrub like sarcococca by the path or used as a little border by the main path by the street.
Asleep-Practice-2866 on
Concrete, little carport and a big motorbike,
Mundane-Yesterday880 on
Front garden?
Needs a bush, nicely trimmed, for all year round interest and a bit of structure and form
North facing so go for a range of spring bulbs like snowdrops narcissus and tulips
Don’t put a wisteria if going for a climber. It’ll head for the roof looking for light and never flower
disgruntledveteren on
That must a millers new build. Dont they usually just have a local landscaper chuck some turf down and a basic hedge?
smith4jones on
Be prepared for post etc to take the shortest route to the door, you could soon see an unofficial route to your front door. Best to work it into the design than try and fight it
The_Nude_Mocracy on
I’m amazed there’s no access covers randomly strewn across your yard. You can actually do what you want with it!
ladylots2 on
Rose shrubs or climbing roses
ThrowawayCult-ure on
violets, native bellflowers (giant, clustered, nettle leaf), ajuga, hellebores, digitalis, all will look lovely. perhaps an evergreen bush like a red flowering Broom, by the wall then flowers infront of it.
not much fruit will do well north east facing unfortunately. herbs like rosemary will do ok.
Keith1974 on
I would replace the top soil. Then look at the conditions and the light. I used Garden On a Roll to pick the plants and put mine together.
Available-Process-96 on
Plunge pool
LaraH39 on
Sow wildflower seeds, strim at end of spring, end of August and resow end of october for first two years then strim end of May end of August ever after. Looks gorgeous, easy kept, you don’t need to worry about soli quality.
WinHour4300 on
Budget? Low/higher maintenance? Have you looked around to see what styles you like (orderly, simple, attention grabbing)?
Structural work and immediate impact first. Set trellises up for climbers at the back and some evergreens or strong winter presence.
Definitely plant some bulbs soon (daffodils, tulips or multi pack), some cyclamen and a nice hellebore.
Inturnelliptical on
BlackBerry bushes.
isalittledog on
Have you heard of Pollinator Pathmaker?
I came across it on a documentary the other day, gave it a try, and I’m really keen to use it to plan gardens at my workplace.
Basically, you give it a few parameters (like the ones asked about in various other comments here) and it’ll create a planting scheme for you.
Pack in so it is densely packed hardy plants. Don’t give it a cottage garden feel. You might need to add soil to it or build raised beds.
Jonny_Entropy on
A football pitch and a crazy golf course
dainamo81 on
I admit this is unusual, but have you thought abouta clover lawn? My wife talked me into getting our front garden done, and while I was sceptical at first, I love it now. It’s very soft, easy to maintain, and you can plant pockets of bulbs among the clover if you want some flowers to bloom.
OrangeBlag on
I’d put a bench there and watch the world go by
garthy604 on
Wisteria as a climber and then I’d fill the bed with bee loving flowers and mix of wild flowers that will spring up from spring till the first frost.
You could bury a couple of bodies. Dig deep enough and you’d get 4 in
Noblee_x on
Mini poppy field
lektap2 on
Beets
KnightOfTheOldCode94 on
You’re gonna have leatherjackets, I can almost guarantee it.
_MicroWave_ on
Nice low hedge along the front. Create a bit of a barrier for your house.
Some nice shrubs behind.
Probably gravel in the ground.
BigTimeHound on
Create a fake never ending well by digging the soil out, building a lined sunken box with brick walls and an external light attached. Place a mirror across the whole base. Place a metal grill over the top. And then a reinforced pavement glass top. Switch the light on as night. It will look as if there is an infinitely deep shaft next to your house. Forget flowers.
Miserable-Boot-9356 on
That ain’t no garden. Move to the country with immediate effect. You’ve been lied to I’m sorry to say and probably all your life.
FreeTheDimple on
You’re not just going to stick with the plain dirt? I thought that was original.
Something like this. Small hedge around edge with wildflowers in the middle. Window box if you wanted colour and climbers around door to cover the BT line.
I personally wouldn’t do ivy as shown here, but you veg the idea I was thinking
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It would help to know which direction the house faces. Does it get much sun?
I’d put in colourful dwarf shrubs e.g Wiegela, maybe a bay tree near the path, infill with annuals and colourful heather.
First thing I’d do is check how much topsoil your developer has desired to allow and how much building rubble is buried under it.
Then make sure the ground can drain somewhere or you’ll have a pond to plant in.
Then I’d probably go for nice little tree/shrubs of your choice either side of the door I like rosemary or lavender myself. Maybe some tall grasses something orange/red. Maybe some ferns and a bit of colour somewhere.
For the background and to soften the brick – Climbers! Climbing roses, clematis and Jasmine including evergreen varieties for winter interest. Espaliered pear tree .
For North facing, hosta, heuchera, astilbe and maybe some fox gloves for height and colour
Fake grass, fridge and an old 3 piece suite?
Hydrangea Annabelle
Same plot here
Lavender (Hidcote)
Mexican orange
Stick a snowball tree on each side (viburnum op)
Gnomes
Do you want some sort of border between the soil and the house? Either a drain or a row of bricks or something. Just thinking about damp prevention or soil splashing up onto the brick from rain
Remove all the buried high viz jackets and scaffold clamps first
I’d do something tall and evergreen (there’s like sky pencil holly or the like) on either side of the door to hide the little boxes (as long as you don’t need to use them for something, something smaller to hug in front of the windows like a boxwood or hydrangea or azalea (zone dependent), annuals/ground cover in the front/along the walkway leading to the door (bonus points if you like the way they smell like lavender) and on the edges away from the doorway, something also taller like a narrow conifer or a different species of holly that maybe gets some color variation.
Honestly…? Whack a few kilos of wild flower seeds in it and leave it to its own devices.
I’d add a crisp edging, a 12-18 inch gravel strip by the wall, then layer from front to back with a lavender border, clumps of evergreen grasses and pollinator perennials, plus a slim trellis with a climbing rose to frame the door without blocking the window. Finish with two matching pots by the step holding dwarf evergreens, tuck spring bulbs under the shrubs, and pop in a few solar path lights. I usually use [Gardenly](https://gardenly.app/) to visualize my ideas. Maybe you could give that a try?
For shade, you can have climbing hydrangea (not evergreen). For shrub and structure pittosporum , camelia for colour, fatsia for amazing leaf shapes, sarcocca for scent , for smaller plants you can Anemanthle for texture, astantia for flowers, liriope, thalictrum .
These are a few I can think off the top of my head. The most important thing is choosing slightly taller evergreen structure to go along the wall/under window for year round green and eye niceness , climber next to the window and then maybe smaller planting in front if theres space for the smaller flowering bits and bobs, maybe a smaller scented shrub like sarcococca by the path or used as a little border by the main path by the street.
Concrete, little carport and a big motorbike,
Front garden?
Needs a bush, nicely trimmed, for all year round interest and a bit of structure and form
North facing so go for a range of spring bulbs like snowdrops narcissus and tulips
Don’t put a wisteria if going for a climber. It’ll head for the roof looking for light and never flower
That must a millers new build. Dont they usually just have a local landscaper chuck some turf down and a basic hedge?
Be prepared for post etc to take the shortest route to the door, you could soon see an unofficial route to your front door. Best to work it into the design than try and fight it
I’m amazed there’s no access covers randomly strewn across your yard. You can actually do what you want with it!
Rose shrubs or climbing roses
violets, native bellflowers (giant, clustered, nettle leaf), ajuga, hellebores, digitalis, all will look lovely. perhaps an evergreen bush like a red flowering Broom, by the wall then flowers infront of it.
not much fruit will do well north east facing unfortunately. herbs like rosemary will do ok.
I would replace the top soil. Then look at the conditions and the light. I used Garden On a Roll to pick the plants and put mine together.
Plunge pool
Sow wildflower seeds, strim at end of spring, end of August and resow end of october for first two years then strim end of May end of August ever after. Looks gorgeous, easy kept, you don’t need to worry about soli quality.
Budget? Low/higher maintenance? Have you looked around to see what styles you like (orderly, simple, attention grabbing)?
Structural work and immediate impact first. Set trellises up for climbers at the back and some evergreens or strong winter presence.
Definitely plant some bulbs soon (daffodils, tulips or multi pack), some cyclamen and a nice hellebore.
BlackBerry bushes.
Have you heard of Pollinator Pathmaker?
I came across it on a documentary the other day, gave it a try, and I’m really keen to use it to plan gardens at my workplace.
Basically, you give it a few parameters (like the ones asked about in various other comments here) and it’ll create a planting scheme for you.
It’s free. You don’t even need an account.
https://pollinator.art/pathmaker
https://preview.redd.it/tuunicw2owxf1.jpeg?width=899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47c6ea9f9cb0e7149e7f538eed12fd1c4f1bacbe
Pack in so it is densely packed hardy plants. Don’t give it a cottage garden feel. You might need to add soil to it or build raised beds.
A football pitch and a crazy golf course
I admit this is unusual, but have you thought abouta clover lawn? My wife talked me into getting our front garden done, and while I was sceptical at first, I love it now. It’s very soft, easy to maintain, and you can plant pockets of bulbs among the clover if you want some flowers to bloom.
I’d put a bench there and watch the world go by
Wisteria as a climber and then I’d fill the bed with bee loving flowers and mix of wild flowers that will spring up from spring till the first frost.
https://preview.redd.it/bfmb73aw1xxf1.png?width=936&format=png&auto=webp&s=92f69aa2f22d4f370c36e57e50ede187c3dc3dee
You could bury a couple of bodies. Dig deep enough and you’d get 4 in
Mini poppy field
Beets
You’re gonna have leatherjackets, I can almost guarantee it.
Nice low hedge along the front. Create a bit of a barrier for your house.
Some nice shrubs behind.
Probably gravel in the ground.
Create a fake never ending well by digging the soil out, building a lined sunken box with brick walls and an external light attached. Place a mirror across the whole base. Place a metal grill over the top. And then a reinforced pavement glass top. Switch the light on as night. It will look as if there is an infinitely deep shaft next to your house. Forget flowers.
That ain’t no garden. Move to the country with immediate effect. You’ve been lied to I’m sorry to say and probably all your life.
You’re not just going to stick with the plain dirt? I thought that was original.
https://preview.redd.it/ogcy8k6fzyxf1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=c86f8d659cd17343a6a656a2f096efb0f8e69899
Something like this. Small hedge around edge with wildflowers in the middle. Window box if you wanted colour and climbers around door to cover the BT line.
I personally wouldn’t do ivy as shown here, but you veg the idea I was thinking