Trends - Indoor, Outdoor And Influences
One thing about trends is that they tend to re-occur at different times through history, evolve or change with various generations but fundamentally follow the same principal and layout. A colour, pattern, material, product or style becomes popular and it becomes a necessity in peoples lives. Short term trends also happen, these are called fads but unlike trends only tend to last for a short period, a season at most.
* Typical trend would be William Morris inspired wallpaper its been around for some time and always evolving with the times to stay fresh *
So, how does this effect the garden ?
Each person will visualize or perceive their garden differently, but quite often the layout or ideas are very similar, the only difference being the plants they use and the colour.
When we look into the next year ( 2025 ) its easy to look for something new, something to stand out and create a spectacle of interest and colour.
But what are you looking for ?
2025 will bring interest in shades of colour, blues and purples with a dominant colour between for a short space of time, feature plants in borders to draw your eye to while the swathe of similar colours form the background. This strong interplay between light and dark shades will create a strong rhythm amd balance through the garden as the feature plants could be the key to a different colour graded into and connecting with the last and the next.
Strong coloured pots with dominant planting to create two distinct feature points, shape in the way of leaves and flowers, bright,sleek, exciting and created with a bold sense of imagination. This will probably be visible in clothing as well, men with strong shirt style and dark trousers, the eye gets drawn up. Ladies follow through slightly different, a strong coloured dress only featured when the light coloured top is removed, purple and white, blues, greens, reds and blacks, nearly all would be features set out in a floral display.
So, which colour will create your style, reflect your personality, get it right and the garden will feel a big part of you, its personal,its yours.
There is a strong interplay between the light and dark colours but also between the various flower shapes as shown in photo 1 but still keeping with the architectural shapes on offer.
Boldness is shown in photo 1, whereas the variation between the dark centre and light outer also creates a feature in photo 2. Photo 3 shows a plant that can give both, variation and light in the leaves colour and a strong presence in the flower, and in photo 4 the distinct variation between the white Campanula and the dark purple Cercis.
Are you the red energetic, purposeful and passionate person, optimistic, sociable sunny outlook on life is the yellow person, a little green, dependable and supportive, the calm blue who is a thoughtful planner and trustworthy, do you seek a deeper meaning in life a shade of purple. Are you the life of the party orange shades are yours but the gentle and nurturing person is a pink tone, then comes the bold, risk taking and serious person who wheres black to command respect.
When planting or creating in the garden, it could be borders, awkward spots, whole garden, courtyard etc we need to be realistic, independant of what everybody else is doing ( not all plants thrive in every garden ), trends are not genuine, they don’t show your personal self, motivate yourself to be who you really are, if you feel comfortable with your home decor BRING IT OUTSIDE.