# Sun & shade

> Every article about sun & shade on tuinontwerp.app: practical guides for your own garden.

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Last updated: 2026-09-24

How much direct sunlight each spot in your garden gets, measured on your own parcel.

- [North-facing garden plants, matched to their sun hours](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/north-facing-garden-plants) - North-facing garden: in a worked example with terraced houses, the strip 1 m behind the house gets 0 hours of sun on 15 May. Shade plants for it, by sun hour. (2026-09-16)
- [A garden sun hours calculator that starts from your address](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/garden-sun-hours-calculator) - How many hours of direct sun does each spot in your garden get? Tuinontwerp.app draws your plot to scale with 3DBAG building heights and works out the most sun each spot gets on 15 May. (2026-09-06)
- [Measure sunlight in your garden: count sun hours per spot](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/measure-sunlight-garden) - Measure sunlight in your garden on a clear day in mid-May: one stake per spot, a tally mark every hour. More than six marks is full sun, under three is shade. (2026-08-01)

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