Perhaps more shutters between arches? A ceiling fan suggests moments of leisure. Foundation hedge is a barrier between home & garden. Forcing foot traffic to the front door.
Choices are good, this 'landscape' is good, adding choices makes it a good garden.
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Between the open arches, above, add choices. How? Take away foundation planting & add more brick steps across the front. Then, you've made house & garden a vanishing threshold. Significantly changing the use of the porch, and its 'feel'. More, you've made a narrow'ish front porch entry luxuriant in scale, and tied the history of the home's architecture to the garden.
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I think of these gardens, above, as pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey gardens, one size fits all. And this home is worthy of a garden matching its patina.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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Pics here.
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Humorous how curious this home/garden make me. And, perhaps reasons for the 'landscaping' would put me in agreement. Without knowing more, it's all Cole Porter, don't-fence-me-in.