Quick garden drawing based on a design suggestion in Design Your Garden by Diarmuid Gavin, Publ Dorling Kindersley, 2004.

 

Gavin suggested on Pg 94 of Design Your Garden,  that Cohesive Curves were transformative.  "Enlarging the small beds into one sweeping border unifies the disparate elements.  It swoops around the cherry tree, integrating it into the design." "The lawn is reshaped to form a dynamic swirl, and provides a stage set on which the tree performs as a stunning focal point." In the original picture there was also a driveway.  The (new curve and) planting focuses attention away from this.  The house and garden are now more balanced.