Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Garden trends for 2021
I talked about one of the trends this year, Immunity gardens, last month. Planting a rainbow of vegetables.
Today, as we continue through the era of Covid, there are a few more emerging.
One is the Quiet Garden, a place to relax and contemplate. A place to find inner peace.
Many people are working from home full time now and have to juggle with at-home learning for the kids making their lives feel hectic in a whole different way. Consider a place in your landscape for a seating area, even if it’s just a bench surrounded by nature, the breeze gently moving native grasses and calming colors of blue and purple.
A Garden of Joy, a place to fill with color, texture and scent. Those calibrachoa I talked about yesterday, the texture of colorful barberry, the smell of lilacs or phlox or anise hyssop.
These plants are also attractive to pollinators! OOoo, the spicy scent of dianthus, a wonderful perennial….
Another plant I love is mint. While it’s invasive, I love walking by it, pinching off a few leaves, crushing it between my fingers and taking a big whiff! It’s amazing.
You can never go wrong with grasses.
Another trend is a World Herb Garden. With less travel, take yourself away with exotic/aromatic herbs.
And, with more time at home, test your cooking skills with a variety of herbs. There’s mint, and also basil, lemongrass, and cilantro, all are easy to grow and add an exotic flavor to your dishes.
