Shade Gardening: Help me design my brand new Mostly Shade back yard!, 1 by mininissandog

mininissandog wrote:
So I've got a house that had a totally neglected yard, so I've cleaned a lot out and ready to design something beautiful. The yard is 95 ft wide and 70 feet deep. There is a mature water oak on the West fence putting out a lot of shade and about 5 sweetgums and 4 pines (2 of each are getting taken out within a couple of years but shouldn't affect my shade too much). We also want to extend the patio/deck area in a couple of years and add a pergola.

Here's the West side of the yard.