As the snow begins to melt and temperatures become warmer, it’s time to start thinking about your landscaping. From small gardens to expansive open spaces, these top landscaping trends for 2025 are sure to inspire your next project.
1. Light the Way
Integrating lighting into a landscape design does more than add visibility. It can also highlight design elements and provide a soothing ambiance. You can add lighting in the form of LED illuminated railings with our iRAILTM Lighted Rail Systems. You can also add lighting to the edges of walkways to light the way.
2. Add Landscaping to Unexpected Places
Being around plants can help boost your mood, which is why plants can be found in unexpected places in 2025 landscaping trends. Installing large, statement-making planters at the Hi-Line Drive in Dallas creates separation from the SS WINDWALLTM Glass Screen System while still allowing the views to be accessible. The plants offer a natural element that makes the space feel more grounded and welcoming.
3. Provide Seating Options
What’s the point of having a beautifully landscaped space if there’s nowhere to sit and enjoy it? Current landscaping trends encourage landscape designers to provide comfortable seating where people can relax and enjoy their surroundings. Seating can take the form of a simple bench, a sunken patio, cozy chairs, or in the case of Hi-Line Drive, a modern pergola with a comfortable bed.
4. Places to Gather
Integrating a place to gather is a landscape architecture trend that encourages conversation and connection. Placing seating around a fire pit or another focal point creates a welcoming space where people can gather for a quick chat or linger in conversation long into the night.
5. Integrate the Landscape into the Larger Design
The main focus of the pool area at the Loews Hotel Arlington is obviously the pool, but integrating landscaping elements gives the area a more lively feel. And rather than just keep the landscaping to the edges, this is a good example of bringing the landscaping into different areas to create a more luscious environment. Some of the trees even provide shade for people lounging on the deck chairs.
6. Incorporate Other Natural Elements
The walkway to the man-made beach at the Loews Hotel is concrete paired with a CUBETM Cable Metal Railing System and FSRTM Free Standing Rail System to provide the necessary level of safety. But the sand and the stone wall bring in other natural elements besides plants that really enhance the landscape.
7. Provide Views
One way to allow as many people to enjoy the landscaping is with this landscape design trend – provide areas with a view of the landscape. The raised dining area at the Loews Hotel does just that. While not everyone may have time to splash in the pool or lounge on a deck chair, they’re still able to enjoy the views while they’re getting a bite to eat or settling in to get some work done.
8. Integrate Safety Features
Making sure everyone can enjoy outdoor spaces continues to be a landscaping industry trend in 2025, and this trend is here to stay. Creating safe, ADA and building code compliant walkways will allow as many people as possible to take advantage of the outdoor space. In this design, two railing systems come together to create the necessary guard and handrail support to meet building does while still allowing for views of the garden area and nearby pond.
9. Create Open Space for Activities
Getting outside can have an incredible impact on your health and wellbeing, and the ability to take in wide open spaces that allow for activities can lead to an impromptu game of tag or soccer. While many of the trending landscaping ideas favor a more natural, lush garden, there is still a need for open space that encourages play.
10. Encourage Native Plants
Encouraging native plant growth is another trend in landscape architecture. Native plants are important as they support native wildlife, pollinators, and the ecosystem as a whole. Along with encouraging native plants, latest trends in landscape design are leaning away from overly structured and manicured landscaping in favor of letting the plants grow naturally, creating a wilder appearance and feel.
Incorporate VIVA Railings for an Accessible Landscape Design
VIVA Railings are code compliant and durable enough for outdoor applications. Incorporating walkways and railing systems throughout a landscape design creates an accessible space where everyone can come to enjoy nature. All of our railing systems meet building code and ADA requirements and are prefabricated for a seamless installation process.
Contact the experts at VIVA Railings today to discuss 2025 landscaping trends and how our systems can help you achieve them.
