Hi,

Just wondering if someone could help with some ideas as I'm not very imaginative when it comes to these sorts of things.
I am after something simple but will still bring some life and street appeal to the front of my house.
I need access up both driveways that is the only thing that needs to stay.
I don't really like the existing plants and the brick garden bed is starting to fall apart so it can go to.
I plan to run a colour bond fence up the right side also and there would probably be enough room between it and the drive way for a garden bed.
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This is what I have done in the back yard, just a raised bed around the outside
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Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Pete

Why not a fairly broad garden with a curved border to act as a sort of "front fence" between the two drives? When I say curved border I mean on the house side, so the garden would be wider at either end next to the driveways and narrower in the middle. Far more interesting than a straight border. Put in some shrubs you like and it would give you some privacy from the road as well as cutting down the amount of mowing you have to do. The back looks really good, and raising the beds is a top idea.

The eye is immediately drawn to the truck in the garage and I'm assuming it's usually there, when contructing the new garden bed next to the door you may think about creating something that draws the eye there as opposed to the garage with truck, and also more inviting for visitors to your front door.

Agree with a front fence of some sort, just to make a bit of definition between the road and your property.

The trellis type thing is a good idea to train plants to cover the water tank.