Front garden help!

[Allhallowseve]

Hi all I'm after a bit of advice about our front garden . We have a drive with a small lawn and a small bed at the front . I would say it's roughly 1.5 meters long . I think it's north west facing gets the sun in the afternoon. ... I would really like to make a little cottage garden front border do you think this could work? Perhaps something small and trailing at the front as it's slightly raised .
Iv had a look down our road for inspiration and no one seems to do very much with their front garden most of them have been paved now . I think this is generally what has happened perhaps I'm being a little old fashioned but I quite like the idea of it looking pretty out the front .

Thanks

I'm all for having plants in a front garden. There's loads of ideas on line. Have some structure evergreen as well, or a tree with interesting bark in winter otherwise cottage garden type beds can look very bare in winter.

north west isn't a bad aspect for a garden. A good idea is to repeat plants - so don't have all lots of different ones - . You could have a rose, a crab apple for wildlife, a couple of hebes for evergreen structure. Put some lobelia in that will come up in the summer and a dahlia for later summer colour.

Part of it depends on how much time you want to spend out there.

I'd also say make the bed as big as you can - it'll hold water better - and improve with manure and dig over well.

You could plant lots of bulbs to come up in the spring as well.

Your idea sounds lovely. I’ve noticed, once one person in a road plants up their front garden, others follow suit. MaryIsA has made good suggestions, for a trailing plant try Vinca Major ( not as invasive as Vinca minor), Aubretia or Cerastiun ( snow in summer).
In such a small space be prepared to eventually do some pruning to keep it tidy. But most creeping plants have roots on the pruning, so you can share with your neighbours to encourage them.

Thanks both for your suggestions.