This front garden had an existing hedge along the front and had to accommodate bins, a bike store and a manhole cover, provide as much planting space as possible, including in front of the windows. And if possible, contain a bench.
I’m a fan of diagonal lines. There were a couple of ways to make diagonals work in this space:
I provided a couple of curved options too:
And simple geometric shapes, one with a re-positioned gate.
And one based on the line of the existing gate-to-front-door path.
Which became the final design (with Victorian paving, a superb idea that was not mine!).