House with 'South' Facing garden

afly

I'd imagine either NW or SW facing would be best so the sun moves across the garden throughout the day. (Though NW may have an issue with your house being in the way, doesn't seem to be a problem for us though thankfully)

More of an issue is what is around you. We get glorious sun all day NW facing but only until 6pm when it goes behind a massive tree in the park If that tree were felled it would probably push out another hour or so I would think.

getmore4less

Why not upload a pic of the site plan with the plot marked (include the N arrow)

here is one for a barret development.

jonewer

Ours in north by north east and we get pretty good sun from early morning to late afternoon/early evening this time of year.

We lose the sun because we're on the north slope of a hill. Otherwise we do really very well for sunshine.

Kynthia

I have a west facing garden and it's a massive sun trap all afternoon and evening. The kitchen tiles by the back door get too hot to walk on in the early evening at the moment. However when sunset is earlier in late autumn to early spring, I'd imagine being south west facing would get the best afternoon and early evening sun.

That suncalc app above is good as you can see the direction of the sun from sunrise to sunset and for different times of the year.

DRP

Kynthia wrote: »

I have a west facing garden and it's a massive sun trap all afternoon and evening. The kitchen tiles by the back door get too hot to walk on in the early evening at the moment.

Yes, we have a garden that faces directly west and it is perfect for sunny evenings.

As others have said, it depends what is around you - our garden is quite long too (about 50m) so, apart from close to the back of the house, it is sunny all day.

pelirocco

Davesnave wrote: »

They certainly can, or I was hallucinating as well as barbecuing last night!

What would matter in a south facing plot is what's to the west & north west of it at that time. In my case, not a lot, but in an urban environment, or next to, say, woodland, one might well kiss the sun goodbye as early as 6pm at this time of year.

I thought i was going mad , we have a south facing garden and get the sun all the time , however we do have a large garden with nothing to block it , so the sun just creeps further to the back as evening comes

I_have_spoken

My back garden is SW, so I keep all the plants that could get scorched after a frost on the east fence (camellia etc).

The border along the patio gets sun all day, but the far fence casts a shadow over the back border in the spring and autumn when the sun is lower on the horizon.

I'm on a slight hill which means the garden get the sun until it sets, around 09:40 tonight

SG27

One simple question will solve this problem!

Was the sun blocked by the house itself?

If so your garden does not face south. At 7pm at this time of year the sun will be quite low on your right (with your back to the house). It may be there is something else there blocking it, another house, trees, high fence?

MoneyMate

We are SW in the back garden, great for Sun all day, but we are lucky with neighboring housing not hiding the all important sun .
We have sun ( Clouds permitting ) from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm currently.

ellie27

ARRRGGH!

Just looked at that suncalc site an my south-facing garden is almost all shaded by the trees out the back!! I see its google maps too so prospective buyers will see that! (house not up for sale yet)

Thats annoying as my house has a lovely big south-facing garden and a lot of its in the shade due to the trees at the time it was taken!