Front Garden area.

[Pipedreamer86]

Afternoon all,

I’m hoping I can plunder some expertise and knowledge from others here.

I wish to neaten and tidy up our front ‘garden’. As you can see from the photos it’s a bit tired. I aube many questions and I expect a lot of them are very basic but I’m new to any of this so have no idea and want to do things correctly once! 

I would like to achieve a simialr ‘look’ but with new stones, potentially some different stepping stones and some plants at the top/front. 

I’m assuming I will be removing existing stones and killing off existing weeds (round up?) and removing existing sheeting then doing the reverse with new? 
The only issue is how! 

What type of sheeting/membrane would be required?, how would I fit it...do I fix it down or just lay it? How does it join the limiter in terms of the drive edging/pathway slabs and house bricks?

If I wanted to fit some new stepping stones would I fix them in the sub ground or on the sheeting?

Where the ground meets the pavement and drive there are u even mounds co very should I remove them to install sheeting and stones easier and flatter?

Is there any other steps or alike that I am missing? 

Any help or pointers is very much appreciated.