January Gardening Almanace and
Garden Trends for the Coming Year
Thursday January 1, 2009
Happy New Year! Another year, another chance to garden. Here are some gardening tips for the month of January, to get you back outdoors, where we belong.
And if you’re more tempted to sit back and dream about next year’s garden, maybe you’d like a peek at what gardening trends are popular right now? I hate the thought of a trendy garden, but if we spend money on something, you know there’s a marketer out there trying to steer us toward certain products. I prefer to hope that it’s gardeners who take the lead in trends, asking for specific plants and tools. But the trends outlined for the current year make me wonder if the marketers talked with gardeners at all. Still, it’s best to know what we’re in for.
Photo: © Marie Iannotti (2009) licensed to About.com, Inc.
Comments
They haven”t asked me either. I agree with you about color coordinated gardens. Mine would be denim blue and T-shirt black, blue, green or red. I like old fashioned flowers that smell good. But most of the newer versions are bred for looks, not aroma. If I want daisies, I’ll buy daisies, not something that looks like a daisy. And I believe the world has caught up with gardeners, not the other way round. We take care of the earth, because that is what makes our gardens grow.
I agree with all of the above, plus:
If my landscape design business is an indicator, more people will ask for edible landscapes that will either be tended by them or by professionals. People will put their yards to work for them. No more free rides!
Shirley Bovshow