Anyone fancy designing my garden?!

[Tigger83]

Hi all.

Just bought a new house and have an entirely blank canvas garden... and feeling bit intimidated by it. We're having the trees taken out as the pines are huge and fruit trees so old they're no good. We will be replacing. It gets sun all day.

So requirements:

Kids garden/play area including climbing frame, mud kitchen, Wendy house, etc

Outdoor dining area including seating for 12 pizza oven and bbq

Fruit trees, raised beds and green house

Water feature

I like cottage style planting with a modern twist (so not really twee)

Gardener's question time were recommending field maples (acer campstre) as a smallish tree for gardens. Nice shaped leaves, nice autumn colour (yellow I think).
Also hazels are nice small shrub/trees.