Home landscaping and gardening trends are continuously evolving to give rise to new motifs. These designs include everything from simple floor patches to vertical green walls and even micro slots for blooming plants. Environmentally conscious homeowners are even creatively incorporating the use of plastic to make plant holders. Several previously popular designs are creating a clever comeback for homeowners to consider today. Here are the top trends to check out this year:

Tropical plants
What’s more exotic than a variety of lush tropical plants in your backyard? You can easily buy saplings from local nurseries and plant them to grow a beautiful tropical-theme-inspired garden. If there is sufficient space, try planting caladiums (also known as elephant’s ears) and Rose of Sharon (a type of hibiscus plant). Also, Cannas and Rose Mallows feature a variety of blooms that can truly transform your backyard into a tropical paradise. You can effortlessly maintain this garden once the plants properly grow enough foliage and root.

Live garden walls
Imagine a beautiful cascade of fresh greenery surrounding the backyard. Live wall designs can help you achieve this fantastic look. The best part is that you can choose any type of creeper or long flexible stemmed plants that can fit into multiple smaller pots. The vertical live wall system consists of rows of these pots with fertilized soil and a dedicated irrigation system. Once the wall is installed using wooden frames and support boards, you can plant smaller saplings that grow over time into large foliage to get that beautiful cascade look. Make sure you select plants that grow tall, allowing the vegetation to spill over. Japanese spurge, strawberry, ivy-leaved geranium, lily turf, foam flower, and snowdrops are perfect options for outdoor live walls.

Container and balcony gardening
Homeowners who face limitations when planting a full-fledged garden can consider this unique space-saving concept. To accentuate the foliage design, you can grow a wide range of perennials, wildflowers, herbs, and green moss across the boundary. Different shapes and sizes of containers that can hold enough nutrient-rich soil are installed and built around whatever space is available. Your micro or balcony garden will continue flourishing as long as there is plenty of natural light and a sound watering system. You can even experiment with creepers and long-stemmed colorful varieties that go well with the existing décor. There is no one design when it comes to customizing these layouts.

Safe gardens
You can replace the plants and greenery around your home and garden to suit the climatic conditions. For example, drought-tolerant plants, stone paths, stone walls, and high branches of pruned trees can create a fire-resistant garden where hot temperatures increase the risk of fire. You can also check out plants best suited for erosion control and topsoil stability at the other end of the spectrum. If you live in a place that receives a lot of rainfall, these plants prevent the risk of excessive flooding. You can also design water runoff patterns and include more permeable surfaces to allow water to seep into the soil. Many distinct types of water-loving plants can transform your old home and garden look.

The return of bird bath landscaping
Back then, every country home in the great outdoors featured a beautiful bird bath area. These lawn ornaments were made of stone or marble and featured unique designs. Sadly, his particular ornament lost all value due to rapid urbanization and modern home designs. And fewer birds bothered to fly around cityscapes due to phone towers and pollution. But if you live in the suburbs, you can gladly install a bird bath. This inexpensive design can be done in many shapes and sizes and provide a dependable supply of fresh water for exotic migrating birds.

Brick and mortar concept
Another popular garden improvement design comes from brick-and-mortar concepts that teleport you back to the first-ever Victorian-styled homes. Ever since concrete became the preferred choice of construction material, most urban spaces upgraded with the material and ended up with a very monochrome look. Brick and mortar designs allow room for lively landscaping with unique patterns that can be created and remodeled to improve the existing layout. Bricks can be used for the outer walls as well as for creating pathways in and around the garden.

Recycled material gardening
Plastic has multiple uses, like a pot or container to hold plants. With more people expressing concerns over the limited recycling value of plastic, homeowners have come up with innovative solutions to use existing plastic bottles and accessories to create a unique recycled garden look. Eco-friendly designs feature live wall gardens, herb gardens, and other immersive layouts being made with recycled and reclaimed materials that don’t cost a dime to purchase or maintain.