GARDEN AND OUTDOOR TRENDS

Garden and Outdoor Trends 2021

In recent research completed by Love the Garden (www.lovethegarden.com) by closely monitoring activity on Instagram, some of the top trends for Garden and Outdoor décor for 2021 have been revealed. By analysing over 100 different gardening hashtags they were able to find those trends growing in popularity and set to become even more dominant in 2021.

Here are the trends that your customers are thinking about:

#WildGarden

Instagrammers are going wild for wild gardens! One of the biggest trends is the wild garden that encourages life and wildlife. Long wild grass is ideal as are plant vines that ramble over fences or walls – they can hide these human-made structures and create a wild and untamed look in just a single season. Singleflowering varieties of plants and open flowers are ideal for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects.

#InsideOutside

The inside outside garden trend is all about creating flow from inside space to outdoor space, so one naturally flows into the other. The garden should feel like an extension of the home. Both your customer’s interior and exterior design must work in harmony. Choose plants that work both indoors and out to create a transition between the living and outside space.

#TinyGardens

Many homeowners and renters have little outdoor space to make do with. So, with a tiny garden, it’s all about making the space look bigger. Options include growing up to use vertical space, laying borders, having clear pathways, and creating specific zones or outdoor rooms. Long flowering perennials, evergreens and climbers will all do the job in your customer’s tiny garden space.

#RaisedBedGarden

Raised bed gardens are a simple and effective trend growing among Instagram gardeners, creating a fantastic feature in an outside space. It’s an ideal option for customers with little room in their garden, giving them better control over the soil and making plant caring much easier. Old railway sleepers work well for a rustic look. Raised flower beds can be used to grow whatever plants or fruit and veg your customer desires once they will work in the chosen garden spot.

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#PermacultureGarden

Permaculture gardening means “permanent agriculture” and it’s defined as working with natural forces – wind, sun, and water – to provide food, shelter, water, and whatever else your garden needs. The key principle behind a permaculture garden is that you are replicating patterns of growth and harvest that occur naturally. Key design features also include stacking (just like in the forest), succession planting and companion planting. Opt for annual vegetables like beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers and squash, while adding in plenty of flowers and greens to create a permaculture look.

#WhiteGarden

With a backdrop of dark green, white flowers are really catching the eye in this next Instagram trend. There’s something so pure and classic about them. Key steps to create a white garden include choosing a dark backdrop, varying up the foliage and changing up shapes and sizes, repeating form, and finally adding some eye-catching white flowers to fill the space.

#WindowsillGarden

With a lack of space comes real creativity. Love the Garden recommends a windowsill that gets at least six hours of sun a day, pots with plenty of drainage and some good potting mix to get things started. A windowsill garden is ideal for growing plants that will add a little something extra to your cooking, including herbs, chilli, kale, baby beetroot, pea shoots, onion, spinach. The list goes on.

#GreyGarden

According to the latest Instagram trends grey is really beginning to make an impact in garden design. Bringing grey into your garden is all about those manmade touches that really let the space sing. From your choice of patio paving, fence paint, gravel, or garden path, grey is a way to go. Match your choice of plants with your grey man-made touches to really complement and make the colour pop. Purple is a fantastic colour to match with grey.

#CottageGarden

Key design features are an informal style with use of traditional materials, and dense plantings with a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. Remember, it’s all about grace and charm. Think traditional and charming with the likes of roses, foxgloves, poppies, sweet peas, and delphiniums.

#BalconyGardening

With one in eight homes (in the UK) with no access to a private or shared garden, and many people are living in urban areas with little outdoor space high above the city. Balconies make the perfect space for a garden – you just have to know what to do with it. Balcony spaces can be brought alive with a minimalist design or with wildlife stylings using plant life like jasmine, lavender, foxglove, bamboo, eucalyptus, snake plants, and peace lilies.