“10 Innovative Landscape Design Trends for 2024: Insights from The Groundswell Design”


Our team at Groundswell Design works hard to cultivate beautiful outdoor spaces that combine seasonal color with the rich texture of New England’s natural elements. During our work with all kinds of clients, we have found some exciting new trends you may want to consider for 2024. Here are some of the landscape design and installation trends we think you may enjoy.

1. Sustainable Landscaping

The idea behind sustainable landscaping is that you use the environment to reduce wasteful resource allocation. This could include minimizing water usage or incorporating renewable materials in your layout and design.

2. Creating Outdoor Living Areas

Using landscape design and installation doesn’t just involve planting a few flower beds. You can extend the living space of your home with reading nooks, cozy fire pits, outdoor kitchens, and other entertainment zones surrounded by captivating landscaping.

3. Low-Maintenance Plants

Of course, not everyone has a green thumb or the time it takes to cultivate a beautiful garden. Sticking with low maintenance plants includes looking for varieties that naturally resist pests in your current environment and thrive within your property’s specific microclimate. Our team can help select the best-fit plant palette so you can enjoy lush and layered plantings, without needing to spend too much time or attention maintaining them.

4. Locally Sourced Plants

A wonderful landscape design and installation trend we can get fully behind is locally sourcing your plants, trees, and flowers. Native plants are much easier to maintain and also provide habitats for local wildlife, encourage dense colonization to compete against invasives, while enhancing sustainable biodiversity. We can help you reach that ecological balance and beauty your outdoor space requires.

5. Integrating Smart Technologies

A newer trend is automated irrigation systems, smart lighting, and weather monitoring through IoT (internet of things) and similar mobile notifications. This allows you to optimize the health of your landscape while saving time and controlling the area through modern devices.

6. Attracting Pollinators

Bees and other pollinators are crucial to our food supply and natural environment. Doing your part to integrate flowers and plants that attract these much-needed pollinators improves the sustainability of your landscaping and the greater community ecosystem.

7. Leveraging Vertical Space

Smaller properties are starting to use vertical gardens and green spaces. This can include planting columnar trees or even adding a “green wall” to a backyard sitting area. It ensures you have a natural oasis without needing a lot of acreage.

8. Flood Tolerant Design

Anyone living in New England is used to mud season and summer rain levels. Incorporating certain wetland species, natural swales, or rain gardens, that help slow and divert rising waters is essential to improving your landscape design and installation.

9. Edible Landscaping

A more recent trend is getting back to self-sufficient sustenance farming. Installing fruit trees, vegetables, and herbs allows you to enjoy the farm-to-table nutritional benefits while also promoting a better connection with the natural world for your family.

10. Adding More Color

New England is full of plant color diversity. From vibrant spring flowers to nostalgic fall foliage, incorporating nature’s palette into your landscape design and installation is a wonderful way to add seasonal color to your property.

Ready to Get Started

Our team at Groundswell Landscape looks forward to helping you create a unique oasis, while paying attention to the opportunities for introducing sustainability and biodiversity in your landscaping. Give us a call today and let’s find innovative ways to incorporate these trends into your next project.

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