Made good progress but am unsure what next

I decided to completely redo my garden after we got an extension so laid a patio, planted some Hornbeam and pleached them, worked on the lawn and shape and have just recently planted a border.
I've just got the right hand side to do and am stumped at what to do.

I'll post some piccies so you can get a flavour of what it's like so far:








The right hand side:







The garden is south facing and the right hand side is in sun until 1 ish.
There's a couple of established trees and shrubs but apart from that nothing, I have kids so don't want to loose too much lawn to a wide border but am thinking there's no point having a border unless it's a decent width and also would this just create more shade down this side and cause problems for the lawn?
So do I just edge the lawn maybe 6" from the fence and fill the gap with stones?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Your garden looks lovely so far

You could have a narrow border with wider 'circles' at intervals for shrubs or other plants.

Alternatively, climbers don't take a lot of border space, so attach some trellis (or guide wires) to the fence if you are allowed and grow a few Clematis or other climbers

 

Yeah I'm putting stones in the gap between patio and lawn where there's no box.
I'll mark out a rough 1.5m border and see how it looks.

 

Planters attached to the fence to contain things which don't like too much sun? Fuchsias, begonias,petunias will brighten it up. Hay mangers ??
Lovely sized garden and I loved south facing aspects. You can always put up parasols or blinds to provide shade,

 

Pergola ? and a selection of varieties of climber.

 

I've tried using a hose to mark out a possible border and I'm struggling.
I tried a wavy line of 1 - 1.5 m all the way and it didn't look right at all. I'm now thinking a small gap and a big semi semi circle 2/3rds of the way down but I still don't think it looks pleasing.

 

The circular bit at the top looks good and then just have a narrow straight border the rest of the way. With the right planting it will soften the edge of the border anyway

 

Cheers for the ideas Loofah, I've had a play and now thinking to put a border at this end, we'll be able to see the plants from the summer room.
I'll have to be careful choosing as they only get sun in the morning.
Then come in near the trees and come in again after, then do some thing jenney nameste suggests above.

 

Do you know, I think your right!

 

Cheers chipper !
please keep us piccie posted as time goes by,
Jenny

 

How wide is the "narrow" bit? I reckon you could do a LOT more with a 6' deep border than a narrower one, and 3' or less will just look like a row of plants :(

You could do a tall, narrow, border but I would struggle to think of what plants would work well ... its a bit specialised.

You could (if budget is tight) make a 3' border now, plant the things that will be tall (for the back of the border) and then widen the border to 6' and plant the shorter things next year - the ones at the back will need a few years to "get bog" anyway.

Meantime you could be raising things from seed / taking cuttings etc. to bulk up plants in readiness, and save some money.

If you want instant impact, and can afford the plants, then I would go "wider"