Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Shade garden design, 1 by Iowagirl22

Iowagirl22 wrote:
Hi All, I\'m new here and have inherited a large weed garden with the home I purchased. I am in the process of cleaning it up and hope you can offer some design ideas. The fence and swing set are now gone, and the sandbox will also go. This will leave a large shaded area I need to fill in. From the swing set to the far left it is very shady and I have lily of the valley and Soloman\'s Seal filling in a lot of the area. There is also a patch of wild ginger here. The rest is all weeds! I am putting a white picket fence in the right corner to hopefully deter kids from the pond in the winter. What would you recommend for filling in the whole center area? I\'m hoping to add a seating area somewhere but am open to all ideas!