You could plant some rose bushes . They don’t need to be a hedge just one every so often . Then if it’s still too open looking an interesting rock or stone in between ?
My house is on a corner plot very similar to yours. The developers planted viburnum but after a couple of years we removed them and replaced them with a double edging row of box plants and a flower bed in the middle. Obviously recent problems with box blight/box caterpillars mean you might want to try one of the substitutes such as ilex crenata. If you just put a low hedge most people will subconsciously see the barrier and walk round. But you always get one or two who will just step over it. That's one reason we incorporated a flower bed and widened the area.
Maybe medium final height evergreen shrubs if you don't want to feel as though you are boxing the space in too much. Your space is very green at the moment with the lawn, so maybe you would like to think of introducing red/burgundy-coloured leaves to create contrast and help to create a strongly visual barrier to pedestrians. Deciduous shrubs such as Cotinus & Berberis can be found in these and other colours. Berberis has the advantage of prickly spikes too which stay on the plant even when the leaves have fallen. Many types of rose of course have very spiky thorns of course too. Spiky prickly plants can help with privacy and security by acting as a deterrent, (even if simply psychological) to pedestrians walking past. Should you find space for trees, there are rowans (Sorbus) - many varieties with differing attributes and requirements, and they give spring or summer blossom and autumn berries for the birds. I would try to ensure the 'corners' of your front garden plot are tenanted by planting, as these areas can sometimes get worn down by pedestrians trying to take short-cuts! Preparing the ground and finding planting that suits your soil and conditions is key.
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We had similar on our front lawn, no border so neighbour's childen and delivery people would cut across it. We planted small box plants across the front, they are now about 2.5 foot tall and nice and thick, someone has to deliberately step over now so it has helped the issue.
Whatever you plant doesn't have to be continuous, it could be a bushy plant every 2 or 3 foot to start off with. I also have hebes and lavender which grow into good shape for an edging.
Maybe I've misunderstood your suggestion but that sounds like a prison fence. Adding interesting plants and shrubs is one thing but sticking up a fence is another thing entirely.
The fence is if the poster wants to extend his garden onto the sides of his house where he has all that wasted lawn. This will still leave plenty of planting room at the front of his bungalow.
Most UK back gardens are fenced off and still planted? - so nothing to misunderstand about this.
These modern fences look great, let air through and can be left unpainted. Put those in a prison and you'll have no way of incarcerating prisoners
Thank you all for your suggestions. I think fencing the side part wouldn’t be an option but you have all given me food for thought. I think I need to stop thinking of it as one big job and look at it in sections and spread the cost over time. Then I can see what works and move on to the next section. Thistleandrose your idea of hebe and lavender sounds like a good plan. Just fed up with people allowing their dogs to foul on the lawn. Nothing against dogs have one of my own but would never let him in peoples gardens.
My son has dogs on garden trouble on the front lawn of his new build . He got a little notice made by a cheap firm on line which reads :-Polite notice ,this green area is my lawn , not a dog toilet . It’s worked ,dog owners have taken note .
That really irks me - everyone walks across our lawn too, saving themselves about 5 steps. @Lizzie27 and @M33R4 that's excellent information, as we have a ridiculous 'no fencing/hedging' rule too. Cue the start of a massive lavender hedge - and a bee army in summer. 😁
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Obviously recent problems with box blight/box caterpillars mean you might want to try one of the substitutes such as ilex crenata.
If you just put a low hedge most people will subconsciously see the barrier and walk round. But you always get one or two who will just step over it. That's one reason we incorporated a flower bed and widened the area.
Whatever you plant doesn't have to be continuous, it could be a bushy plant every 2 or 3 foot to start off with.
I also have hebes and lavender which grow into good shape for an edging.
Most UK back gardens are fenced off and still planted? - so nothing to misunderstand about this.
These modern fences look great, let air through and can be left unpainted. Put those in a prison and you'll have no way of incarcerating prisoners
@Lizzie27 and @M33R4 that's excellent information, as we have a ridiculous 'no fencing/hedging' rule too. Cue the start of a massive lavender hedge - and a bee army in summer. 😁