Gardening Garden Plans Shade Garden Plans Shady Foliage Garden Plan This informal foliage garden bed highlights shade plants with large, colorful leaves, plus a small section of annual impatiens. By Viveka Neveln Viveka Neveln Instagram Viveka Neveln is the Garden Editor at BHG and a degreed horticulturist with broad gardening expertise earned over 3+ decades of practice and study. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing for both print and digital media. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on March 8, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email If your backyard is mostly in the shade throughout the day, you may assume your ability to have a colorful, flowering landscape is out of reach. Fear not—we have just the garden plan for you. Centered around shade-friendly varietals and annual impatiens, our free planting guide for a 16- x 10-foot shady foliage garden includes a large-scale illustration, a detailed layout diagram, a list of plants for the garden as shown, and complete instructions for installation. download this plan Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit