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JWestland
Grumpy_Git
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.