exterior shot keep the layout of this courtyard exactly the way it is including where the concrete pad is located and the wood decking surrounding it that all must stay exactly the same but around the concrete patio should be planting that work for zone 5 and include shrubs grasses flowers and an evergreen tree in the right back corner of the planting area in the left side back corner should be a large 4 ft urn with cascading flowers and plantings underneath it all of the rocks that are in the planting area should remain located where they are in the picture the fire pit she remained located where it is in the picture but with bench seating on all sides there will also be stepping stones on the back middle part between the patio and the deck that connects the two so you can walk to the hot tub architecture