My garden is nothing special and is quite small. The plot is wide but shallow and fairly well fenced in.
Its a typical suburban garden surrounded by trees. In particular a magnificent English Oak just over the rear fence. Its new owner wanted to cut it down a few years ago, because of the leaf fall would you believe. Fortunately the council refused only allowing a bit of thinning and tidying. Their tree surgeon made a good job and preserved its character, and some squirrels call it home.
I also have a few mature silver birches in a small cluster behind my shed and another near the kitchen. They provide pleasant dappled shade in the summer, but the oak does give dense shade until the late afternoon.
In the other corner an old greenhouse is covered in holly and ivy in which robins have been nesting for year. Probably a few generations. Noisy little birds. Otherwise the garden is visited by the tits sparrows, wood pigeons and a local greater spotted woodpecker. There are a good number of mature trees in the area.
Otherwise the garden is mostly given over to shrubs with just a few flowers under. I only have a couple of small flower beds as such plus a few planters. I have quite a big patch of shrubs behind my garage which is untouched apart from light trimming around the edges and this is favoured by blackbirds. Dense enough for nesting and they love to turn over the leaf litter underneath.
There is a long semi wild shrubbery along the rear with old branch piles which I think attract insects as birds are constantly popping in and out,.
Otherwise most of it is small lawn and paving around. It pretty minimal maintenance. Mostly edging, I only mowed the back once last year to let the grass grow. Not many flowers, but a pleasing variety of grass heads which lasted for months much to my surprise. Going to do the same this year.
Biggest task is weeding the paving which has quite a big area of rough stone in the front. I have a very reasonable gardener who comes as needed to do the back breaking stuff.
Next job will be a small amount of summer planting, in a month or two.