A garden rewards attention to the place you actually have.

Gardening goes wrong when it is done against the site: the plant that wants sun placed in a shaded corner, the soil argued with rather than worked, the picture from a book imposed on a small damp yard. Whatever grows easily where you are is telling you something useful. The work goes better once you begin with the conditions instead of the wish.

Spend a week noticing where the light falls and how long the wet patches stay wet. Plant what suits that. It applies well beyond gardens, though it is clearest there.