We moved our home to an area 1 hr NE of our old location, and it's rural, so very different climate.
540 sq ft of veggie garden, 2 chokecherry trees, and that's IT.
We're now facing North, whereas we used to face South, and that makes a Huge difference in how we plant. Also, we're much more open here with hardly any windbreaks, except for the spruce trees at the back of the property, and the wooden garden fence also at the back of the property. I've repainted it to the original white & now adding stenciling & other painted pics to it. Lots of room for scope, eh?
My Mock Orange is still naturalizing in - moved it from our old place and I'm surprised that it's doing semi-well.
Here's what it looked like, before the move.

Our honeysuckle (7' tall & prolific blooms) was left to die by our "helpers" in the move, so I have a new baby.
I repainted my garden owl because after 20 years it was flaking paint.

I had to leave behind (no room on the moving truck.........):
Floribunda rose bush, Saskatoon bush, rhubarb, 2 lilac trees (40 ft high ), and 2 bleeding hearts. Also my ferns.
I was able to save my one Mock Orange, and some daylillies.

I'm going for perennials, but still have to build a flower bed in front of our place.
Perennials will take a bit longer to fill in, but I will do what I can for now.
One thing I really have to watch out for is how to grow my veggies here - found out that corn is Not a good crop to try for, but tomatoes will grow wild, and I love that!

Hi Tallulah. I hope it doesn't make too much of a difference when you get into the month of June, with so many hours of daylight. I have never previously dealt with a north sloped garden, so can't offer any specific advice regarding that. I have only been to Quebec, many years ago., to have any iidea what it is even like up near you in Canada.. Not sure if you have a nearby garden center or not. Or a big box store perhaps to help you get started with seeds when they put them on the racks. I guess you could always look online at Vesey's, Stokes, & Butchert gardens, for mail order seed/perennial roots sources I am sure there are others. Be sure to get your seed trays & attempt to get a head start with your perennials, biennials to begin with, giving the best exposure you can determine in spring as it approaches & then direct sow your hardy annuals as soon as winter is ending. The roots, tubers, etc & seeds will eventually break dormancy & seeds will sprout when it is warm enough to germinate...Good luck with your new garden!

Hi - we don't have a north sloping garden, it's north facing to the front.
Unfortunately we don't have a basement, or porch, so room to start seedlings is at a premium.
I am not a beginning gardener, I have been planting for years (since my pre-teen), so starting with a blank slate is very exciting and challenging. This is a new area to me, gardening wise, but I've moved previously from Manitoba, to Alberta 12 years ago. Now having moved 1 hour further north is another challenge I'm embracing.
My initial challenge was recovering from double knee replacement (yes, I'm a senior), and know that kneeling is no longer an option. I have healed very well, so my energy level is great, and I can bend, but cannot even touch my knees to anything so a kneeling bench isn't an option.

I'm just very excited to see what my garden will be in 5 years time - yes I'm patient, because I know what I want, and am willing to put in the time to get it RIGHT

@shawnsteve
We travel to each of two towns where they have garden centre "big box stores", and there is a greenhouse about 45 min north of us. We live rurally, in a hamlet, so no stores here, but neighbours DO share, thank goodness! I hope my ferns do better this year - last year the bird seed got into them, and the magpies ate the ferns

My reply to your post seemed to vanish. Oh well.. At least you have some seed Companies, like Sutton's, Kings, & a few others that do not get sent here. Most all the seed packets, offered at the big box stores now show an old company name, but on the reverse side along the edge, with growing info/ planting instructions, they are nearly all now currently owned by Plantation Products... Can't get most of the Canadian seeds here, except for Stokes seeds. by mail & Vessey's doesn't send plants to the U.S. either, Though I imagine it can be difficult to get some American seeds & plants?
Anyhow, good luck, planning your new garden & eventually getting started in the future, before the snow completely melts..Not sure how you do it with knee problems, but my back has been out, for many years, so I often just plant some varieties, in planters & pots as an easier & quicker solution. to digging with the shovel..

not familiar with Sutton's or King's............ but I am with McKenzie, and Stokes. No, we can't send plants to the US although I did get some seeds from a friend in the US, through the mail.
I do plant a lot in pots around our front & back decks, but also plant a lot in the ground.
Next Spring we're going to pull up all plants below the front window & put in a berm. Right now, it's a bit of dirt & a lot of gravel, so when we put in a berm, we'll have about 2 ft of soil and I'm sure my bleeding hearts & false Indigo bush will love that