Cutting a tiny lawn is a fiddle. Edging a tiny lawn is a fiddle and it will, inevitably, get smaller and smaller. Keeping it in fine fettle - scarifying, weeding, feeding - will be a fiddle and do you really want to use precious space storing a lawn mower?
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As it is a smallish space and the OP wants something low maintenance, I think a courtyard style garden would suit. A barbecue area and a small green house will all take up space so in my mind, the grass has gotta go!
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At the risk of being shot down in flames, you could always go with artificial grass. I know, l know, but if you want a lawn (or something that looks like a lawn), that could be the way to go. They do look more realistic these days, and would save you the hassle of storing a lawnmower etc. when you could use that space for something else.
What fun Get some A3 paper and draw up different ideas,paying care to consider aspect of each part of the garden. Cut up some old gardening mags and do some pictures montages to try and give you some idea of how it will look. Definitely think about views to a focal point. Add large square trellis so you can clothes the fences with climbers. I moved into mine 4 years ago basic rectangular lawn ,small border,paving slab patio covered by 6 x 7 she'd. Done it in stages after going to local evening class on basic garden design to get ideas. Enjoy x
@Del_Griffith it can, and then what you end up with is nothing like you planned as I just love plants and can't resist a bargain . Never mind it's my little patch of paradise snd I'm quite happy x
If you want to give a impression of a bigger garden go across the corner .we did this in our previous front garden it's surprising how much more spacious the effect gave.
If tending the garden is a little problematical or not always practical then I would avoid lawn (the most labour intensive part of any garden). I would also consider your verticals as even a small plot can benefit form judicious use of the boundaries and a living wall / climbers can be really quite easily looked after with the right choice of plants (not Russian vine). Good luck. https://catsandapenninegarden.blogspot.com/
I'd agree with hogweed. By the time you fit in a greenhouse, an arbour, and a BBQ, you won't have a lot of room left - for a lawn or anything else much. It's important to make everything work hard to earn it's keep in a small space, so draw a scale plan, as suggested, and then a rough layout with those features you want. You'll then be left with the actual space you have for 'gardening'. It really won't be very big, so think carefully about what's feasible. If you can put the BBQ in the corner where the shed is, along with the other storage you plan, that takes it out the equation, but pansyface is right - it's a very contentious item, so have consideration for the other residents. You would need hard standing for that anyway - they're very bad news on a lawn. In small spaces, use all the verticals. That can offer growing space and make a plot look bigger too. Granma is also correct - have the plans on the diagonal, which helps stretch the space visually. I'm also in the no lawn camp here - you could have a beautiful little space by using planting to give the greenery, rather than grass. By the time you incorporate the things you want, a lawn would very hard to shoehorn in - and it would look exactly like that - shoehorned. And I'm a lawn lover
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Surely if you love your garden and find it practical, it's never a bother to maintain what you have
Get some A3 paper and draw up different ideas,paying care to consider aspect of each part of the garden. Cut up some old gardening mags and do some pictures montages to try and give you some idea of how it will look.
Definitely think about views to a focal point. Add large square trellis so you can clothes the fences with climbers.
I moved into mine 4 years ago basic rectangular lawn ,small border,paving slab patio covered by 6 x 7 she'd. Done it in stages after going to local evening class on basic garden design to get ideas.
Enjoy x
https://catsandapenninegarden.blogspot.com/
It's important to make everything work hard to earn it's keep in a small space, so draw a scale plan, as suggested, and then a rough layout with those features you want. You'll then be left with the actual space you have for 'gardening'. It really won't be very big, so think carefully about what's feasible.
If you can put the BBQ in the corner where the shed is, along with the other storage you plan, that takes it out the equation, but pansyface is right - it's a very contentious item, so have consideration for the other residents. You would need hard standing for that anyway - they're very bad news on a lawn.
In small spaces, use all the verticals. That can offer growing space and make a plot look bigger too. Granma is also correct - have the plans on the diagonal, which helps stretch the space visually.
I'm also in the no lawn camp here - you could have a beautiful little space by using planting to give the greenery, rather than grass. By the time you incorporate the things you want, a lawn would very hard to shoehorn in - and it would look exactly like that - shoehorned.
And I'm a lawn lover
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like lawns and if @Molenpad wants one there are plenty of ideas here:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=small+gardens+with+lawns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigm7rt6v7eAhWsy4UKHbx2DboQ_AUIDigB&biw=1138&bih=517