Level the beds off with small retaining "walls". Brick would look good with your red accents.

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Thank you for your response! Unfortunately, the red is now black.

More plants, less mulch :-) Mulch only migrates or washes away if there is no plant material to hold it in place. Groundcovers or even a boarder of some low growing perennial or compact shrub will eliminate this issue without the expense and disruption of needing to construct any retaining walls.

Love that idea! Now, if I can come up with a design.

I love that! I wonder what the white plants in the front are.

Loriaope is good at holding ground in place in sloped areas. I agree you need the right planting and less mulch. I'd seriously trim down the round shrub or replace it with a few little meatball shrubs in that location instead.

" I wonder what the white plants in the front are "

Any number of plants could provide the same effect...........candytuft, white flowered sunrose, carpet rose, campanula, azaleas, sweet woodruff, sweet alyssum, impatiens, zonal geraniums, etc. But none will have a continuous bloom. A few weeks at most.

Why not Madagascar periwinkle / annual vinca?

Fix the downspout to not drain right into the bed. As for plants go to the garden center and get something that works where you live and in that space . Waht the heck is that red thing above the garage ? The garage door IMO needs to be nicer since it is taking over the whole house visually. As for actual planting beds they need to be much larger and maybe even a bit of a fix for the slope to add abit of interest to the landscaping sort of like this

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Suggest heading to a large nursery for suggestions that suit your zone, soil, sun exposure and budget. They can address the slope/water issue (may suggest a berm).

They will suggest height variation, annuals and perennials and all season greenery. Use rope to test shape and size of garden before you go and bring a picture of the front of your house, so suggestions will be more relevant (they also will consider long term as garden matures).

Try to make the flat part of the lawn bigger. Replace the tilted round planting beds with a swath of dirt for the slope.

Here is a rough sketch of the approx. layout-- without plantings just to show the idea.

Or just lawn?