3 Photos of 2025 Garden Trends: A variety of plants with teal accents, a poolside yoga deck with modern lighting, a lush landscape with desert-friendly plants.

Get Ready for Wellness, Sustainability & Style: Gardening in 2025

Get Ready to Refresh Your Garden in 2025!

2025 is all about creating outdoor spaces that are beautiful, sustainable, and truly personal. Ready to dig in? Here’s how you can embrace the hottest gardening trends and make your garden a standout!

1. Go Green with Sustainable Gardening

Yellow black-eyed Susan conflowers up closeBring Nature Home: Native and drought-tolerant plants are the heroes of 2025. Think Echinacea, Black-eyed Susan, and Milkweed. Not only do these low-water-use plants save water, but they also attract pollinators, making your garden both eco-friendly and buzzing with life!

Stay Fire-Safe: If you live in wildfire-prone areas, designing with fire-resistant plants and defensible spaces can protect your home while looking stylish. It’s beauty with peace of mind.

2. Create Wellness-Inspired Outdoor Spaces

Desert Backyard with Yoga Deck and PoolYour Backyard Oasis: Turn your garden into your personal retreat. Add a yoga deck, a meditation corner, or even a cold plunge pool. Imagine unwinding in your spa-like sanctuary after a long day—blissful, right?

Living Outdoors: Take the comforts of your home outside! Picture cozy outdoor kitchens, fire pits, and charming gazebos where you can relax with friends and family. It's all about making your garden work for you.

A pot with aquatic plants and a beautiful pink bloom growing on a patio near a lawnBoost Your Mood: Design a garden that nurtures your mental health. Think calming greenery, soothing water features, and pathways that invite you to wander and relax.

3. Elevate Your Garden’s Style

A variety of desert-friendly plant in a Southwest backyard with a wooden pergola and natural stone pathway.Cottagecore Vibes: Love the whimsical charm of an English cottage? Bring it to life with natural materials like wood and stone, overflowing garden beds, and playful decorations that feel straight out of a storybook. Not sure how to get this look in your desert garden? Click the button below to read our blog about creating a desert-friendly cottagecore garden!

Desert Cottagecore Garden

A minimalist Southwest cactus and succulent garden with a dark teal accent wall.Modern Minimalism: Do you prefer a sleek, contemporary look? Combine clean lines with gravel paths, concrete, and metal accents. Or, add a touch of natural elegance with wood finishes for a balanced, serene aesthetic.

4. Maximize Your Space

Urban Container Gardening - Vertical Gardens with assorted plants on metal plant wall structure and wood and metal plant and pot holder free-standing wall structureGrow Up (Literally!): Vertical gardens are perfect for small spaces or urban homes. You can use walls, fences, or trellises to pack in more plants while adding privacy and a chic touch to your outdoor area. Small space? Big impact.

5. Add Color to Your Canvas

A variety of desert-friendly plants, with teal pots as a color accent.Go Teal: While Mocha Mousse may be the Pantone color of the year for interiors, the garden color of 2025 is much more vibrant—it's teal! Add teal to your garden with pots, cushions, or décor, and mix in plants like blue fescue and blue-toned hostas to bring this trendy hue to life. It’s fresh, modern, and oh-so-soothing.

Pop with Purple and Red: Bold purples and muted reds are making waves this year. Use them to add a vibrant twist to your flowers and foliage while staying on-trend with interior design influences.

2025 offers an opportunity to reimagine your garden as a space that reflects your style and values. With a focus on sustainability, wellness, and creative design, you can explore new ideas to cultivate an outdoor haven that feels truly personal.

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