25 Inspiring Ideas Using, Corten Steel In Your Garden And Landscape

Posted by Deepak Sheth on April 27th, 2023

For more advice, tips, and garden shade inspiration, check out our north-facing garden ideas below.

Observe your garden and figure out how to use a north-facing garden. Making the most of a north-facing garden is the key. Plan your design and choose your plants based on where and when the sun hits the garden. 

To track how the sun moves around, draw a sun diagram. There will always be areas without any light and areas of sunlight in north-facing gardens that are ideally suited for sunny seating areas and sun-loving plants. For those areas with less sunlight, plant some shade plants or shrubs that can cope well with the shadier conditions.

From May to October, a north-facing garden will enjoy evening sunshine, so they often benefit from having two separate seating areas, one for morning sun and one for evening sun. In order to make the most of your garden, it’s a good idea to zone it.

1. Flowers White Add A Luminous Touch

A north-facing garden by Bowles & Wyer (opens in new tab) is really lifted by white planting. Agapanthus umbellatus ‘Albus’ and climber star jasmine add luminosity to the planting. Vande Moortel (opens in new tab) provided the brick paving.

The showy white globes of agapanthus make a great addition to a north-facing garden as a flower bed idea. These starry petals rise high on spiky stems to float above other flowers and add a strong vertical accent to your garden. In a north-facing garden that tends to be predominantly green, these pretty spheres create an eye-catching feature whether planted in a drift or randomly.

According to John Wyer, CEO and lead designer at Bowles & Wyer(opens in new tab), there are a number of ways to create an inviting outdoor space in a north-facing garden. Choose species that will add form and texture rather than color when planting. Bold foliage will suit most shady plants. In shady areas, white-flowered plants look great against dark foliage.

Paving with bricks or cobbles is often a good choice, as they’re less slippery underfoot and most often appear in the joints. By installing a backyard lighting scheme, John suggests that you can enhance the form and texture of your garden after dusk.

2. Shift The Layout To Suit The Sun

This north-facing garden design by Charlotte Rowe uses clever zoning to maximize light and space

With a north-facing garden, dropping the seating area near the house is often a good idea since the far end usually receives the most sunlight.

 Garden designer Charlotte Rowe (opens in new tab) explains that a garden needs to work with its orientation. The location of the areas that catch the most sunlight is especially important when the garden faces north. 

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