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Garden Media Group‘s Trends for 2013 include this value proposition for the future: Plants are necessities, not luxuries. I like it!
Other key trends from this USA report include:
Trading spaces
Cities are the new suburbs, suburbs the new cities
Wealthier people choosing to live in inner cities
Suburbs are going to be the home of immigrants and poorer people
Re-suburbia
New Urbanism
Millennials moving back into the center of cities
Desire for life in town centers
“Self-sufficient” living
Want more connectivity
Parklets
Walk Scores
Part of the ethos of the emerging generation
Lifestyle Forces of Nature – Urban Knights
Taking up the mantel of saving our cities
Creating places that enrich, uplift, and inspire the human spirit
Living an urban lifestyle in sustainable, convenient and enjoyable places while providing solutions to peak oil and climate change
Increased availability for living/working/recreational opportunities
High quality of life well worth living
Farming and Foraging
Freedom loving and self reliant
Growing own food from the land
New Pioneers moving to the country
Urban farming
Vacant-lot farming
Raising chickens
Foraging in urban jungle to the wild, wild woods
Edible riches in backyard, local parks, woods and even roadside
Easy Pickens
Next stage of local fare for restaurants
Foraging Apps
Wellness and forces of nature:
Accelerates Healing Process
Concentration and Memory
Flowers Generate Happiness
Exercise
Improved Human performance/energy
Improved Learning
Mental Health
Reduce Community Crime
Reduce Stress
Therapeutic Effects of Gardening
Perceived Quality of Life
Color forces of Nature:
Bright – cerulean blue, purple, pink, yellow, green
Gold & Silver
Metallic
Eccentricity
Upbeat
