{"id":8550,"date":"2016-01-26T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8550"},"modified":"2016-01-26T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:01:25","slug":"consumer-gardening-trends-for-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/01\/26\/consumer-gardening-trends-for-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Gardening Trends For 2016*"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Garden Media Group (GMG) has released its annual Garden Trends Report for 2016. The report, titled \u201cSyncing With Nature,\u201d identifies eight consumer trends that the group predicts will shake up the garden and outdoor living industry this coming year.<\/p>\n

The report finds \u201cgardening\u201d has transformed into a connected lifestyle in 2016, with\u00a0a rising millennial generation becoming more involved. The eight new trends show ways the gardening and outdoor living industries can connect not only with traditional\u00a0gardeners but with\u00a0a broader community.<\/p>\n

GMG reports that \u201cconsumers are seeking to enhance their health and wellbeing and support their busy lifestyles. They\u2019re merging technology with nature to explore, educate and entertain.\u00a0More people have a passion for preserving the earth, and bring their home landscapes in sync. They desire a sustainable lifestyle and an eco-friendly garden and outdoor space.”<\/p>\n

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  1. Connected Greenery –<\/strong> Garden centers and shoppes should embrace technology, syncing garden habits with technology.\u00a0New gardening\u00a0apps\u00a0demonstrate how to grow\u00a0indoor and garden plants on Instagram or on YouTube.<\/li>\n
  2. Combine<\/strong> Tech with Nature –<\/strong> People want to engage kids with gardening, health and fitness in fun new ways. Whether running, playing or storytelling, this trend has the potential to mobilize a new generation of nature lovers, while getting them outside to play.<\/li>\n
  3. Gardening That Combines Nature\u2019s Beauty,<\/strong> Health And Wellness –<\/strong>\u00a0People are adopting concepts like \u201cedible landscaping\u201d of fresh antioxidant edible berries and easy care landscape plants.<\/li>\n
  4. DIY Lifestyle – <\/strong>is\u00a0shifting from \u201cdoing\u201d to \u201cmaking.\u201d Property owners and renters alike want to experience outdoor living in a more hands-on way. Hot trends include providing materials for beer and wine making.<\/li>\n
  5. Outdoor living<\/strong> enhanced <\/strong>\u2013 includes evening lighting, porch swings, swimming pools, and designs of whimsy.<\/li>\n
  6. Landscape Becomes Multi-layered \u2013<\/strong> addition of trees, shrubs, flowers, vines, grasses, and ground covers that provide food and habitat that are beneficial to wildlife, birds, and insects; choose plants of various shapes and sizes such as dwarf conifers, climbing vines on trellises.<\/li>\n
  7. Petscaping –<\/strong> pet owners spend about $60 billion on their pets. Switch to safe organic lawn products and limit use of harmful garden chemicals.<\/li>\n
  8. Protect and Conserve Earth\u2019s Resources –<\/strong> gardening with less water such as cacti and succulents and to protect and conserve resources with small lifestyle changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Source: <\/strong>Garden Media Group, Kennett Square, PA. Check their website for a full report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0 The Garden Media Group (GMG) has released its annual Garden Trends Report for 2016. The report, titled \u201cSyncing With Nature,\u201d identifies eight consumer trends that the group predicts will shake up the garden and outdoor living industry this coming year. The report finds \u201cgardening\u201d has transformed into a connected lifestyle in 2016, with\u00a0a rising […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,1218,938,681,749,674,824,1115,836,853,627,1288,833,826,843,825,630,838,870,7,113,655],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8554,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550\/revisions\/8554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}