Just back to correct my autocorrect typo! I meant bench, not beach...it changed to beach before I noticed. Sorry about that.
I wondered if one of the less big Rowan trees near your gate would work (for attracting insects, birds etc) and different climbers all the way around your garden, including your house wall.
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@ray.campbell602….I wonder about putting some trellis in front of your bins but starting at the end of the slabs in front of them so that you could plant some climbers in front of it( you would need to open up the gravel a bit there though) and still have access to the bins? The trellis would need strong pole supports putting in place first ( in the ground) so that the trellis could be attached to it.This would hide the bins and give an opportunity to plant up some colourful flowers, climbers and so on. Foxgloves, Canterbury Bells, clematis and so on. Or it could become an annual flowers areas which could be changed yearly etc to increase interest.
I think you have a good layout that you could do a lot with in sections. You could add bin stores, climbers on fences or house, a wider border on the left, small trees, pergola, water feature, alternative paving, willow hurdles, deliberate focal point for the garden that isn't the stove. I would think the potential constraints are budget and time frame. Some of the gardens of people in the forum could provide some inspiration for planting ideas and bed arrangements.
I hate those rotary washing lines, so I would get rid of that in favour of a basic or retractable washing line. I just have a length of green nylon cord, and it's really unobtrusive when not in use - unlike a whirligig. Then you can turn that red gravel area into a planting zone.
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I wondered if one of the less big Rowan trees near your gate would work (for attracting insects, birds etc) and different climbers all the way around your garden, including your house wall.