Most homeowners know that a well landscaped yard will add to their home’s overall beauty and increase their home’s marketability. While some landscaping trends, such as well-designated mulched areas and a full lush green yard will always be around, other landscaping trends change from year to year. In 2022, the overarching landscaping theme will be planet-friendly gardening. Everything from flowers to landscaping decor will be more pollinator and eco-friendly. These are a few landscaping ideas to keep your yard looking beautiful and planet-friendly.
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Native Plants
Instead of deferring to overly structured gardens, this year homeowners will shift to more natural wildlife friendly gardens. Your garden should include native plants that support local wildlife. Some homeowners are switching to wildflower gardens in an effort to support local wildlife and reduce their time spent pruning and weeding overly structured gardens. While wildflower gardens are perfect for bringing back the bees, they tend to have a very unstructured look that some homeowners may find unattractive. You can incorporate wildflowers into your garden without letting them fully consume your landscaped area planting just a few types of wildflowers. Popular picks of easy to care for wildflowers are daisies, black-eyed-susans, and siberian wallflower. Perennials that add constant color, require very little effort, and are pollinator friendly include marigolds, conflowers, and blanket flowers. Cluster each of these flowers together color or height for an organized appearance and endless color from spring to fall.
Drought Tolerant Options
Creating a drought tolerant garden is not only the latest garden trend to follow, it is also a technique that can reduce water consumption. Plants such as lavender, sage, coneflowers, marigolds, and poppies are brightly colored, bold flowers that require very little water. These plants can be positioned individually or with other drought tolerant plants to create an easy but beautiful garden. The most important addition to your drought tolerant garden is mulch. Adding a fresh layer of mulch will reduce weeds and keep soil from drying out during hot summer days. Applying a fresh layer of mulch also increases your home’s value close to $2,000.
Natural Decorations
Well established gardens are most appealing when they are clearly designated and add a bit of decorative value. Natural decorations will be very popular in 2022. Landscaping perimeters serve as a barrier between the garden and grass areas as well as bring a decorative addition to your garden. Natural borders include stone, bamboo and timbers. Additional natural garden decorations that are popular among homebuyers are large stones, painted natural stone pavers, and natural archways of climbing vines.
Add a Water Feature
Water features have always been a part of gardening, but they have only recently come back into style. The most popular water features are bird baths. These not only attract wildlife, they also add a level of personalization and decor to your yard. Pedestal bird baths can be simple stone or can be multi-tiered and made from material such as glass or tile. More tech friendly bird baths are solar powered and provide a fountain effect for continuous fresh water as well as a peaceful white noise environment.
Vertical Gardens and Living Walls
Natural stone walls are becoming more popular among homeowners and for good reason. They provide an extra layer of privacy to your backyard but maintain the natural vibe of the outdoors. If you are searching for privacy and want to add even more green to your yard you can always opt for a living wall. These are created with either bushes, hedges, or vertical growing plants. The most common vining plant is ivy, but there are other vining plant options such as clematis and climbing hydrangea which offer green foliage and brightly colored flowers. All of these plants are perennials so they will come back year after year and thrive without much care.
Grow Your Own
A rising trend caused the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic is growing your own food. Whether this is a small window box of lettuce or a full blown greenhouse, homeowners have gained interest in growing their own food. A well-established edible garden takes a lot of time and effort so if you are new to gardening you should stick with small planters of easy to grow foods such as carrots or strawberries. These can be grown in pots that can serve as an additional outdoor decoration when they are grouped together around stairs or along a front or back porch.
Landscaping and Creating a Relaxing Outdoor Space is a Very Personal Process.
Homeowners should first decide how much work they would like to put into their outdoor area and lawn care before they set in to planting. If you are new to gardening, make just a small piece of your yard a garden area. Begin with easy to care for perennials and native flowers that will add bold color with minimal effort. A few easy natural decorations and a water feature will make your garden area beautiful and planet-friendly.
