The latest trends in landscaping center on using less water, less lawn, and more of the yard for actual living. Native plants are the strongest current: they handle local weather without coddling and support birds and pollinators, so designers now lead with them instead of treating them as a niche choice.
On the hardscape side, permeable pavers and gravel joints are replacing solid concrete slabs, and outdoor kitchens, fire features, and shade structures keep growing because they add usable hours to the yard. Lighting has shifted to layered low-voltage LEDs instead of a single floodlight. Rewilded corners, a deliberately unmowed patch with wildflowers, have gone mainstream in the last two years.
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