Ja, ich habe gegoogelt. Ja, ich bin immer noch verwirrt. Die Spitze dieses Gartens ist nördlich. Ist diese nach Norden oder das Gegenteil? Ich versuche zu planen, welche Pflanzen ich pflanzen werde – möchte Hortensien, Gräser, Lavendel, Salvia machen.
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If the top of your garden is north then yes, it’s north facing.
The garden as a whole is north facing, fence on the left is east facing, fence at the end is south facing, and fence on the right is west facing. Plant accordingly.
Yes your garden is therefore north-facing.
However you have a decently long garden and so you can treat the top of it very differently to the bottom of it. Where you have the shadow on the patio, that’s truly north-facing because it is in the shade of the house.
If you’re getting sun then check how much sun you’re getting (try suncalc app) and that will then inform what you can plant. From my very non-scientific method I would guess you’re getting almost as good as south-facing amoutn of sun at the top near your garden room or whatever it is
Don’t guess.
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You could use a compass or look at the sun in morning and evening see which way it rises and set
North facing, as in – imagine standing against a wall, with your back to it. You are looking north. You will therefore be in shade as the sun shines on the south face.
South facing as in – the opposite. You are standing against a wall with your back to it facing south. You will have the sun on your face because you are facing south.
So if you stand against your house and look up your garden, you are facing north. If you stand at the top of your garden and look down towards the house, you are south facing.
Standing at the house end the garden is north facing, it’s why the patio is at the north end, it makes it south facing patio,assuming you face the house when sitting there.
¹Open Google Maps.
²Find your house.
³Tap Compass – Orientation North.
There’s another app I bought for like a fiver that tells u where the sun will be at all different times and different days of the year. Was useful when buying a house.
The easiest way is by the passage of the sun
I wondered this exact same thing just yesterday! Thanks for asking this question 😊
Easy ways to remember how gardens are described:
Garden is on the north side of the house? Garden is north-facing
Or
Stand with your back to the house looking at the opposite end of the garden. Which way are you facing? North? Then the garden is north facing.
If it’s a long garden or you live in a bungalow and it’s a reasonable length garden, there will still be the far end of the garden which is unaffected by shade from the house, even in mid-winter, so it’s not always a big deal.
I have a bungalow and a north facing 40 foot back garden, and in mid summer the shaded area is about 1 foot deep, at midday. In mid winter the far end is still in full sun. In summer I grow tomatoes against the wall at the far end – it’s a suntrap and they love it! I have roses growing seven feet from the house which get no direct sun in winter and they do very well. The veg garden out back is very productive, even in winter there’s kale still plodding along in the shady section 😊
Your smart phone probably has a compass.
Stand at the front of your house and face forward take out the phone, open the compass app, hold it flat in your palm and see what it reads.
My house is East Facing my front gardens East Facing
Absolutely amazing!!!