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What mistakes am I going to make?
We moved in about 9 months ago
No one likes this response, including me... But you should really spend a year looking at the garden - light, shadows, what's there, what does well, etc.
You can assume the soil under the base you're smashing out will need replacing.
Have a look at recent post on the last 3 pages on year round interest as thats basically what I'm trying to do.
For the woodland bit, be aware that on websites and in nursaries "Suitable for planting in sunny and partially shaded locations" means they need sun and don't like shade.
if you're doing the lawn get a load of snow drops and put them in before to save time.
wild flowers require poor soil. I would use the dug out soil from the pond to give you that poor soil. I would also suggest buying wild flower turf. This thread is littered with well intentioned wild flowerers. Not sure I can recall any successful e.g. If this is what is in your head,
you need to come to terms that it will absolutely not look anything remotely like this. At all. Ever.
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in a fit of fairly severe procrastination, I've started sketching out what I think I want to do with the garden. We moved in about 9 months ago, garden is shit and I had hoped to have made a start on some of the prep during the autumn, but this did not happen (opposite 'future workshop' is the base of a former workshop which is going to need smashing up and removing, so no idea how decent the soil is on that side but it gets good sun).
Main aims are to hide the fences where possible, add year-round interest and keep thing's nature-friendly. A sparrowhawk has been spotted in the garden before, probably coz we get a lot of small birds. Woodland area is overshadowed by a tree in next door, but I want to mix in lupins, echinacea and stuff, hopefully they'll be ok. It's mainly ivy at the moment.
Future workshop will only come in when the conservatory comes down.
So, hive mind. What mistakes am I going to make?