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Top Gardening Trends of 2022

Here are some 2022 trends to gardening & horticulture

Biophilic Designs

The color of the Year for 2022 “ Lilac” (Pantone's 'Very Peri')

The color of the Year for 2022 “ Lilac” (Pantone's 'Very Peri')

Merriam Webster defines Biophilic as:

  •  – (as an adjective.) : of, relating to, or characterized by biophilia : relating to, showing, or being the human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature – (as a noun.): a tendency to be closely associated with life in nature : a desire or tendency to commune with nature]

We will see way more plants  interior design spaces, not just in homes. 

  • In the world of design, everyone has seen a major increase in the desire to create spaces where we can better commune with plants and nature. 
  • In schools, in architecture, in retail spaces, in restaurants… almost everyone has caught the proverbial houseplant bug and wants more plants around them more of the time.
  • From living walls to staircase gardens, tables with built-in planters, and office lightbulbs that are actually grow-lights, plants are coming inside in more and more creative ways. 

The color of the Year for 2022 “ Lilac” (Pantone's 'Very Peri')

The color of the Year for 2022 “ Lilac” (Pantone's 'Very Peri')

The color of the Year for 2022 “ Lilac” (Pantone's 'Very Peri')

  • Pantone’s color of the year for 2022 has taken the grower’s industry by storm. The color  is a lovely vibrant periwinkle-lilac purple. It is described as being a color of joy, transformative &  creativity.  It is very prevalent in nature!

Plants that sport Pantone’s 2022 colors: 

  • Salvia
  • Petunias
  • Verbena
  • Lavender
  • Asters
  • Allium
  • Catmint
  • Hydrangeas
  • Clematis
  • Baptisia
  • Lilac
  • Buddleia
  • Wisteria
  • Azaleas & Rhododendrons
  • Rose of Sharon
  • Perovskia Russian Sage
  • Veronica
  • Calibrachoa & more 

Mental Health Gardening

The color of the Year for 2022 “ Lilac” (Pantone's 'Very Peri')

Mental Health Gardening

  We will see even more people gravitate towards gardening with the purpose of improving their mental health.  

  • Positive energy : it is much more common knowledge that plants make people happy.
  • Good vibrations: *to be closely associated with life in nature
  • Soothing spaces : Creating a corner of their garden dedicated to aromatic shrubs,  scented perennials, and water features for multi-sensory relaxation,
  • Planting in small spaces, since even a few plants or a container garden make a difference.
  • Living walls, creative ways to move our plants from horizontal spaces to vertical spaces 
  • Seamless Outdoor Living - Where indoor spaces feel like the outdoor and the outdoor spaces feel like the indoors. Bringing more plants inside in a beautiful and harmonious way.


Native & Sustainable

Synanthropic Living - A Wildlife Friendly Garden

Mental Health Gardening

  Sustainable living is a bigger priority than ever for the up and coming generation:

  • Gardening for sustainability is an amazing way to help support our native ecosystems while reducing our carbon footprints.
  • Plant native whenever you can. Native plants are crucial to our local ecosystems, feeding our pollinators and helping to keep local wildlife well fed and well balanced.
  • Vegetable gardening. The less often you need to go to the grocery store the better. 
  • Plant pollinator gardens and support our native Monarch Butterfly population. Every butterfly weed helps!
  • Gardens and lawns with rain gardens Plant gardens with water-tolerant plants in depressions to absorb rain and reduce erosion, 
  • Design your space with natural materials,  Stone and terra-cotta planters are perfect for outdoor spaces
  • Composting

Synanthropic Living - A Wildlife Friendly Garden

Synanthropic Living - A Wildlife Friendly Garden

Synanthropic Living - A Wildlife Friendly Garden

  •   Synanthrope (noun.): an undomesticated … animal (such as a mouse, pigeon, or raccoon) that lives in close association with people and benefits from their surroundings and activities.

In the garden, that means supporting the animals we can and sustainably battling against the animals that are trying to eat our gardens: 

  •  Planting pollinator gardens,
  • Setting up bird feeders,
  • Designing naturalistic gardens that allow hiding spaces for small animals,
  • Adding water features that animals can drink from,
  • Planting native fruiting plants to feed birds & animals throughout the year,

Cut Flower Gardens

Synanthropic Living - A Wildlife Friendly Garden

Synanthropic Living - A Wildlife Friendly Garden

Start a flower garden for a sense of nature inside, with cut-flower bouquets. 

  Over the last couple of years there have been an unbelievable boom in the plant industry with additions such as:

  • Trendy black foliage
  • New variations on Hydrangeas and Arborvitae  


  Multi-Seasonality - Enjoying Your Outdoor Spaces All Year

Choose plants for your landscaping that have lots of interest in every season to make your outdoor living spaces enjoyable 

  • Evergreens
  • Red Twig Dogwoods
  •  Crape Myrtles
  • Hollies,
  • Birch trees,
  •  Winter-berries,
  • Ornamental Grasses,
  • Long blooming and re blooming plants, such as azaleas, roses, camellias, cone flowers, and hydrangeas.


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Our club members helped some of the residents create a “VALENTINE HEART”.

The hearts had cute net fabric on a wire frame which were decorated with flowers and ornaments.

When the hearts were done the residents enjoyed them in their rooms for Valentine’s Day.

It was a great success to share some LOVE!

Great Job Team!