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What kind of trees so you have? They seem to dominate the space - the shade is probably nice in summer, but does it mean you can't grow anything else? To me, everything at the moment is either tree high or ground level - you need some plants at different levels, arranged to draw the eye around things. If the trellis is strong enough, consider a vertical garden of many different pots there - possibly not arranged in symmetrical rows. Or ditch the trellis and buy one of the vertical garden systems/frames from the big hardware stores. You can either go with decorative flowers, useful small edibles (herbs, strawberries, spring onions, lettuce etc) or a mix of both . . . In front of the window, a big planter box or a three or more different pots of various heights - maybe a big strelitzia (they're hardy and colourful) with lavender or cordylines . . . (Lavender always attracts a LOT of bees through summer - might not be the best thing for your little helper!) If you use the chiminea a lot, well, then it stays, but if not - consider gumtree or ebay, and if possible constructing a rockery-type bed around the base of the tree, with natives like lomandra or blue flax-lilies or, if you prefer exotics, things like hellebores and cliveas (my mum loved her hellebores) . . . might even be possible to squeeze them in along the back fence and keep the chiminea . . . But I would think about removing some of the astroturf (presumably on concrete?) and allowing plants to grow down into the ground. I don't think the bed itself should be all at ground level - a rockery, with some decent-sized rocks (half a metre or more), will break up the levels.

Hi Jo, Hope you realize that Blue Pacific can grow quite large unless you have a "nana" variety. The standard plant which I have in my garden, can grow almost 2mtrs tall and spread 1.5 mtrs in every direction and very low to the ground. The area you are showing isn't very big, you may have to keep them trimmed regularly otherwise the trunk can get 20cm thick and the branches 7.5cm thick and it doesn't like pruning when it's got too big. (personal experience). good luck, Barbara

maybe plant stands with shelves and/or benches made with timber on bricks to create a seat or different height shelves so that sun lovers are up higher and shade lovers lower down and try some bigger pots and troughs that could have a bag of bean bag fill or crushed plastic bags (encased in sarlon cloth or similar) in the bottom of the big pots with a smaller pot and just a shalliow layer of potting mix in the top of the bigger pots...variety of pots sizes looks better and creates interest and are easier to move around if they're not full of more soil than needed for the individual plants..i have a great collection of different terracotta and concrete pots that have been scrounged or bought from recycle centres, charity shops, school and church fetes and potted herbs, bulbs and flowers would also be good for your potted portable garden..my daughter has a collection of indoor plants that have been moved around many differnt rental properties over the last 20 years and have survived indoors from Melbourne to Cairnes so consider indoors plants as well and happy new gardening