oh my goodness, already so much feedback, I didn't expect that. Here is a site plan
not oriented north, but south is indicated. And here is a picture of how the garden still looked in autumn in the sunshine.
The "rose bed" on the right in the corner is just a makeshift, because my wife's flowers had to be planted in the ground. That can gladly go somewhere else. Otherwise, above the terrace where the seating set is, we had a pergola awning installed. On the left in the picture you can see a cover in the lawn, underneath is a cistern, so there’s not much room for plants or digging deep there. Here is another picture with the pergola awning.
The house is modern, we like anthracite as a color. The garden should look corresponding as well. Clearly, less is more. We don’t want to put too much effort into garden maintenance, but it should be cozy.
We are considering buying a 2x2m hot tub, but where to put it? It could nicely be combined with a seating area/lounge and a fire bowl. We also have a 4x3m sunshade umbrella, which can be incorporated/embedded there.
We like raised beds, but more like 2 or 3 rows of stones, not too high. I have already thought about placing a raised bed around the left corner of the terrace, where the pergola awning pillar is. Mostly to make it easier for the robotic lawnmower; I currently have to do manual touch-ups around that pillar.
Otherwise, to cover those gray L stones. Possibly put the hot tub in the middle there? The only concern is that we would be even closer to the neighbor, so privacy screen, sound protection?
To the right there is currently a field/flower meadow maintained by the municipality. It would be good to have a hedge or something similar there to create a neat boundary for the property.
In the beds we like those tall-growing grasses.
All in all, it mainly revolves around the hot tub and the fire bowl, as well as some beds/privacy screen. We just don't know where. Maybe in the middle or directly connected to the terrace....