u/yrama_ffxiv

I've got a North-facing garden which gets a fair bit of shade next to the house. I want to install a garage and ideally have an outdoor entertaining area, hopefully under a pergola because I quite like the aesthetic and the ability to have some shelter from drizzle.

I have no clue how to lay it out, besides shifting a few rectangles around, so that it looks appealing though. We're thinking of redoing the whole garden, but we just need some advice on how to plan it out.

• The semi-transparent black areas on the image are where it tends to get shadier between 9am (bottom rectangle) and 1pm (top rectangle).
• I'm not glued to the current arrangement. I can shift the location of the garage or the lawn, or change the size of the lawn, etc. The main sticking point is that there must be a garage at the far end of the garden.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 🙏