Inspiration for my garden

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With three kids and a demanding DH I don't have time to tend my garden!!!!

I did have the borders out front planted throughout the summer, but then didn't have time to weed them much, and now they are all a mess. I will need to clear them completely before winter. I need some inspiration as to what to put out there. I have three semi circle bays, one for each of my children.

Any ideas for low shrubs, plants, bulbs etc

pink and red for the girls, blue and silver and white for the boys with a little patch in each for them to grow carrots.....

how about planting tulip bulbs in big pots and then sinking them into the ground. then when they've finished you just lift the pots out.
clear out the borders, lay a weed suppressant and cover with some nice slate/pebbles round the bulb areas?