Digging in for a laid-back year: Keep it simple with earthy tones and embrace what works best for you, says Ciar Byrne
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For starters, it's going to be a great year in the garden, as we ditch the pressure to be perfect and instead take joy in making our outdoor spaces work for us in whatever way we please. Here are some of the horticultural trends heading our way. COFFEE COLOURS.
Pantone's colour of the year for 2025 is Mocha Mousse, a pale chocolate and coffee brown. In the garden this translates into laid-back earthy tones. The RHS has helpfully released a list of plants to match this palette, including Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate', a small-flowered foxglove with spires of bronze blooms, Carex 'Milk Chocolate', a warm-coloured sedge grass, and Geum 'Lisanne', a perennial with yellow petals and a coffee-coloured calyx.
Into the mix I would add the classic dahlia 'Café-au-lait' and chocolate cosmos. MULTI-USE GREENHOUSES. Hartley Botanic has identified a trend for dividing greenhouses into different zones using partitions, allowing gardeners to have more control over growing conditions and tailor microclimates to specific groups of plants.
People are also increasingly creating separate areas in their greenhouses for a range of activities from growing plants to relaxing, dining and entertaining friends and family. Hot topic: Think of putting your greenhouse to use in an unconventional way.
TWIST ON TRADITIONAL. In reaction to instant consumer culture, gardeners are coming to value good craftsmanship, requiring the ultimate luxury of time, whether it is handcrafted tiles or decorative stone carving. But they are also embracing new materials and technologies.
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