House move

I moved home only 7 weeks ago, and this was what the garden looked like, I began by putting up a shed on what was a foundation a long time past for a greenhouse.

This has divided the garden up, it appears that for the last 15 years previous occupants did nothing at all in the garden, apart from have someone cut the 'jungle' down each summer, I have discovered that along the fence to the left there was a border, the soil is so lush and black, very soft when a spade is pushed in. I have to remove the remains of a Holly bush, and then I will sort the border out. I am open to suggestions as to where to go with this long sloping garden, in the meanwhile.


I have started to build a small paved area at the rear of the house, and I am thinking of putting a wooden arch by the shed, with a few stepping stones through it, I will grow Clematis up the arch, which still leaves me with yards of weed ridden garden to deal with, I was thinking of rotovating the lot, and growing fruit and veg, I am new on here today, I hope my pictures are correct, and I would love any advice and suggestions, the garden is South Facing and it is South Leicestershire, my name is Phil and I am 65, so i am a bit creaky!!!
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It's not where I'd have put such a big shed . It's rather... erm.... dominating.
Was that just to get the layout, and is the previous photo where you've done the prep for it?
I'd agree about the shed, but you can always disguise it with climbers or a border etc. If you paint it a dark colour, it will disappear a bit too.
It's probably not worth keeping any grass as it's a small area, especially if you want to grow edibles.
I'm sure the other members will have lots of other ideas.
I think I would have put the shed at the end and made a seating area out of the base with a pergola to give height and train perfumed climbers over it. The thing to do now is to decide whether you want curves or angles to give you the appearance of width and what you're going to do with the space behind it - quiet relaxing area, play for children, wildlife friendly, fruit and veg?
Below are some basic design ideas for narrow gardens which break it up with circles or triangles or curves so it appears wider and makes you want to explore. I would urge you to lay those paving slabs at an angle to the house rather than square on.
Nice paving