I've got an odd corner of my garden which is a 4m by 2m patch of grass and a north facing narrow border. So far I've tried to make it into a little woodland/wildlife area as there's a large tree at one end and I've put in ferns/log piles etc.
The top patch of lawn is the last bit of my garden to get the evening sun as it's west facing so I want to put a wooden bench there. I think if I did that I'd want to widen the flower bed and plant it up to make it a nicer place to sit but then I'd have a strange strip of grass that would be a hassle to mow. As I want to encourage wildlife I was thinking of something like a clover lawn or I've seen chamomile lawns before. Has anyone got any experience of them? Ideally it would be something soft underfoot as I like being barefoot in the garden if I can be and something that would look nice all year round but wouldn't take too much maintenance.