As a first stab, I'd get rid of those things X'd out in red -- the low hanging branches of the parkway tree, small trees in front of the central portion of the house, and the bumped out section of bed. The house would benefit from a much expanded landing at the base of the stoop. There is space for a not-too-large shrub at the left of the garage.

There is nothing so overgrown there that cannot be addressed by some judicious pruning and editing. That would be a much more satisfactory approach than randomly ripping out perfectly good plants that have just gotten a bit too crowded. I would think hard and long before removing the Japanese maple, as it is a mature specimen and worth more than few bucks. If you are not skilled as to pruning this tree, then hire someone who is, as it has already been malpruned to have its canopy skirt whacked off all at the same level.

But I would thin out some of the perennials and consider relocating the shrub on the right in the middle of the windows.

There’s a difference between overgrown and mature. Your plantings are mature and need only maintenance as GG said. Not every tree has to gave its skirts lifted to look like an umbrella. As for chopping the maple that’d be a crime. It’s already been a bit blobbified. The only thing I’d move is the gangly shrub in front of the right hand window.

In fact, by my standards the bed with the pink rose is actually rather empty 😉. It looks lonely and I can see mulch. I’d put at least two more, of the same cultivar, in there.

Agree with gardengal and floral.

I also agree with the above. This is one of the few exterior photos on here that shows any character. Too many are bland green (lawn and shrub) and grey (concrete and asphalt). It's nice to see some color. I would focus on pruning and maintenance and on ensuring that there is good seasonal variety.

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Would it really matter if the best, most expensive, highly prized elephant in the world had its butt parked to cover half of your entrance ... and more of it every year? I think we'd still want it to go somewhere else, in spite of how valuable or prized it is. I value the entrance more.

I can see the entrance fine and there is plenty of room to walk around the maple. As Dig Doug has shown the problem with the maple as a visual element is that there is nothing else of similar stature in the planted space around it.

I agree. It only appears to block the entry in one photo due to the photo angle. Otherwise, the entry has clear access.

You've got pros here making good suggestions. I especially like DigDoug's planter on the left. What this amateur would do:

You might transplant the tall thing in the middle of the right window into the right corner, if possible. Make sure it is located a couple of feet away from the walls. Caveat - it looks like it might be a viburnum (I can't really tell), so there is the risk that it will grow too large for the spot without yearly pruning. I don't care for the shape and density of the smaller shrubs and would take them out, perhaps put in a couple of small clumping grasses, or small variety of azalea or rhododendron (if not too sunny there for them) or weigela, or a different, small (dwarf or compact) evergreen with more interesting form and color for winter interest instead. Leave plenty of space between plants, you don't want a solid wall or row.

Prune the japanese maple to open up the structure to a more open, lacey look. Getting a good arborist to do it is best.

Left corner/left windows. You are right, there is too much stuff. Thin the grasses (or are they daylilies?) surrounding the blue flowering plant to just be accents, not a solid mass. Thin the hostas also. Are those Hellebores in between the hostas? I don't love the boxwoods in front of the window, but you need something evergreen - if those are hellebores, they will do - see how you like it after the hostas have been thinned, but I might remove the boxwoods, move the large hellebores back, and transplant some of the heuchera that is below the maple to be interspersed with/ spaced out in front of them.

“Leave plenty of space between plants, you don't want a solid wall or row.”

Rows or solid walls are not a sine qua non of filling the space. There isn't a single row in my garden and nor is there any visible soil. I disagree that there is ‘too much stuff’. In one bed I feel there is too little.

I was real tempted to start a post last week titled, " I Hate My Garden Now That It Has Filled In". It happens all the time.

Denise, what do you dislike about your garden? Just that is so lush?

I would divide some perennials and trim the shrubs.

Make sure if you hire someone to trim the maple that they are qualified.

I would remove the taller plant that is in front of the right window.

Russian Sage can be cut back hard in winter.

for clarification, the garden to the right has 2 holly bushes, a rhododendron, 3 azaleas, and a bunch of other perenials.

on the left there are also 2 hydrangeas and an ivory halo dogwood. It was hard to see everything from the original pictures. Thank you for your help

I spy naked mulch on the right hand bed. There’s plenty of space for more plants until the shrubs spread out a bit. I far prefer the chockablock left hand bed.

You have very nice plants and shrubs; I disagree with Floral though about the left bed - every thing is so crowded that nothing can shine. Daylilies and hostas do like to take over! Start with pruning and thinning, then see where you are before you go further.

The main problem with the part shown 3 photos back is that the Russian sage has overwhelmed the Ivory Halo ('Bailhalo').

As suggested by the Dig Doug version what the maple needs to shine is to be allowed to weep once again - instead of having even more cut off of it.