If you're looking for recommendations, you'll need to photograph the space where the camera is the person viewing from the street/walk/front yard, and the house, as background, is showing. And say something about your objectives ... what you're trying to accomplish.

I don't understand your post. As a professional landscape contractor, are you asking the forum to provide you with ideas for these spaces (for which presumably you will be paid)?? Or are just showing us some 'before' shots prior to you working your own design magic?

If you earn your living doing landscape design and installation - like a number of us do here - it seems slightly unethical to get design ideas for free from us for which you will be paid. Sorry, but that's just not a concept I can get comfortable with.

Select, I'm OK with your request regardless of your profession or for whatever reason you ask. Just need some better pics and an idea about the goals. I can't promise it will be helpful to you as you might have an entirely different belief system about landscaping than I do. But I'm happy to tell you what I would do.

Yard, I have no objections to your motivation.......I just don't share it :-) In all my years of participating on this forum, it was always the intent for the pros to give advice and guidance to the non-professionals. It is my expectation......and maybe one I hold in error.......that a professional designer should be able to develop a totally adequate and satisfactory design on their own. Discussion of design theory or help with a technical aspect is a totally different kettle of fish than asking for input on a specific design situation or plan.

Seems the little 'hedge' doesn't fit with succulents. In our neighborhood, one of your type was installed, using some rocks.... use those of course.

Possibly some succulents need more sun than others: consider that.....

Gg, a "pro" (including myself) is always in some stage of learning. And if one is early on in their career, the need could be great and not necessarily satisfied by formal learning. Or one might have "designer's block" and need a different way of seeing something. And by "discussing theory" ... I mean by osmosis, not necessarily directly, as in academic style.

Yard, I guess we have two very different philosophical approaches to this issue. And that's fine.......we do not need to agree on everything ;-)) Once again, I applaud you on your consistent generosity to posters on this forum. Even those that have an active business and that should be in a position to make design judgments and decisions on their own.

I would be much more comfortable about the OP posting his/her thoughts on how to develop this small space garden and then others offering a critique. I find that to be a much more valuable learning experience - for both professionals and homeowners - than just throwing out a bunch of ideas, suggestions or mock ups for the OP to pick and choose from.

I have done this for a very long time & do not mind helping a "newbie" or mind- blocked pro.

some ideas:

My apologies.

How could one formulate ideas about landscape elements if they can only see the patches of dirt on which the finished product rests? In my mind, the finished product is adorning, decorating, shaping, controlling, etc. ... possibly even obstructing its surroundings. So the surroundings, including the backdrop are critical to formulating ideas about what should be done. The exception might be if one wished just to "paste" a pretty garden down onto a site without an expectation of it having a part in "managing" the surroundings.

I am hinting again that you must show the bed areas in the context of their surroundings. We don't see surroundings. Photos for the uninitiated are best taken straight-on, not at other angles.

Ok.... my amateur approach I won't say is 'wrong' or inferior. What to me the photo shows: a small space boxed in, and partly by shade; 'round-the-corner' hedge with a few succulents thrown in.... so I commented on basics, or should I say, peripheral matters...I didn't feel the need to 'wait' - about my liking for lantana, which of course depending on what else OP has, could be nice with a typical hedge [if it were doubled somehow]..... yeh? no?

Adding vertical features is a great option for small gardens. Check out some tips here.

https://forevergreeninc.ca/budget-wise-landscaping-tips-small-backyards/

@Dig Doug- I like how you've created interest by including plants and structures of varying heights and textures. Although, I definitely feel a missing element in deciding if it's a good fit for the property is seeing the rest of the house, and porch, etc. (like Yard has mentioned).