Yes indeed. There are a vast number of plants that will happily grow in the shade. Have you ever visited Beth Chatto's garden in Essex. If you haven't, I recommend you do for both plants, and inspiration. She has an area of the garden devoted to shade loving plants.

i have lots of plants under aold beech tree so es lots of possibiities.
have a look in my 'plants' section for a few ideas. then there are lots of others that i havent got too.