Beginner Gardening: need help for a shade garden?, 2 by LucyGee

LucyGee wrote:
I just bought my house a few months ago and I have this shady area....still rustic. It is also very wet there...except the last couple days because we've had 90 degree weather. I am concerned about drainage and due to my hectic work schedule I need something here that doesn't require a whole lot of attention. I would need to do it on a shoe string budget. I'm in southcentral PA.
Any ideas? I would like some kind of walkway that leads to the back of the property (it's beyond the gate).
Sorry...couldn't rotate the images.