Beautiful! I love sunflowers

Youtube is a treasure trove of gardening videos, North American, British, Irish, Australian & New Zealand. There are tv episodes on gardening and landscaping. A lot of them make their way to youtube. Also, a lot of independent youtubers have made instructional episodes for their own youtube channels. Some are awesome. So play around with some searches. They can add inspiration.

I agree with the first comment of soil being key. Close behind are water and sun. Start taking notes on your sunlight patterns, which are sure to change on your property depending on the time of year. Important to know how many hours of direct sun a given spot receives and at what parts of the year. Use this info as you read up on specific plants you might want to try. I second the earlier advice to start with easy, forgiving plants. Your public library should have some plant books with informative care guides on a host of various garden plants. I find it fun even just reading about them. Annuals of various varieties are cheap if you buy seed packets, and you can quickly learn which are happy where you sew them and which not so much. I actually scattered perennial and annual flower seed mixes in my new garden this year, and it is fun seeing some stuff thriving that I thought we'd be too hot for. Other plants are getting too crowded and have to be thinned out. Still others I know I won't try next year. It has been good just to be exposed to all these varieties.

As for soil, drainage it so important to pay attention to, rich loam being the jackpot winning type we all want. But some plants actually like clay. Some do best in sandy, low nutrient soil. Go figure. If you have a local agricultural center, they can usually test your soil's pH level if you send a representayive sample. ...for a fee. What I did instead was plant mophead hydrangeas. They bloom pink if your soil is alkaline, blue if it is acidic, and lavender or mauve if more or less neutral. You can then add amendments to nudge the pH closer to where your chosen plants will do best. pH effects how well plants are able to absorb nutients from the soil.

Have a browse through all the postings in the group. There also more than 120 videos that have been posted.

The best advice is. If a plant does not do well, don't worry about it, just treat it as a chance to try something else. Easy.

Sunflowers good for BlueJays to eat 1 seed at a time out of the flower