My sister has a wonderful little moss garden (at the top) and then the little garden in between the porch and garage which stays moist and is just right for the ferns, snow-on-the-mountain, verigated solomon seal, and some sedum plants.
Rabbit's Foot Fern- you can just make out the little soft stems on the right side...
She's put some hostas in pots- This is in N. Carolina- the soil is quite red.