What to do with this rubbish patch of front garden?

[4EyesandBigThighs]

We brought a new build - and this is the front garden.. it’s absolutely atrocious 😂

those bushes aren’t even spaced nicely and it looks so messy.

what can I do with it? - DD was given a little packet of wild flower seeds in a birthday party bag - I was thinking of digging up the whole thing and sprinkling them down, putting the bushes in a line down the path side?

Ive never gardened in my life, I have no idea how or where to begin. So any tips or advice is appreciated! See pic of awful shite front garden:

If you want something which looks nice and is easy to maintain I would plant a shrub border. Go to the garden centre each month this year and buy a shrub that you like that is in flower/ looks nice(autumnal leaves etc). Check the heights on the label and put the taller ones in the middle of the border and the shorter ones at the front. If you are feeling brave, you could even bung a small tree in there somewhere. You will need to be careful round the drains though as there won't be much soil depth.

@Geneticsbunny has good advice. Wildflower gardens are notoriously difficult to grow and you tend to end up with a bed full of weeds (which is why you don’t see them everywhere). If you are not that interested in gardening I’d consider grassing over the whole thing. You could do the border down the path and try to move the shrubs: if they don’t survive you could replace them with something small and tough like hebe.

thanks both - I wanted to take the grass out really. Perhaps I’ll pass on the wildflowers, take off the grass, dig up the bark and put compost down, replant the shrubs down the path then too with bark or slate. We have a pretty big back garden so I’d rather not have to come out the front to mow a tiny itch of grass 😂

I would add to bunny's advice that you could buy several of one type of plant so that you have some continuity and flow throughout the space, rather than just a selection of random bushes.
If you do this, one of the basic rules of gardening is that you have an odd number of plants, never an even number (unless doing pairs). Your set-of-four is part of the reason why the current design doesn't work.
Don't forget to add in height. Think in 3D.

Just seen your update: I was going to ask what that strip of grass added to your life.

Weeds are of course themselves wildflowers (unlike many of the plants in packets of “wildflower” seed)

Small hardy shrubs seem the way to go and as others have said go to the garden centre so that you can buy some for all year interest. While you wait for the plants to mature, you could plant gaps with summer annual bedding plants and some spring bulbs for next year.
Pinterest has good ideas for small shrub front gardens.

Is the lower left corner of the photo where your entrance is positioned? It's tricky to see from the photo.

I would take up the grass and add different varieties of lavender and euonymus . You could also plant bulbs that will come up every year. Hostas are also good for ground cover and there are lots of different varieties 😀

I wouldn't put the bushes down the path in a line - too regimented. They are better scattered round. How about a pot garden? I am in a new build and the front is full of the dreaded gravel! So I have covered it ins pots - mainly grasses.

Wild flowers are a good idea.

What about a herb garden? Rosemary, sage, chamomile, mint in pots (it spreads) parsley, hissop, lavender.

You can use it in cooking and will smell amazing.

Also, will get hundreds off butterflies in the summer (and it's good for bees)

Also look on Pinterest for ideas. You may want to vary heights of plants to give more kerb appeal. Also consider some bulbs so that you get different looks over a period of months

I quite like it! But if you hate it the previous suggestions for a shrub border are great.