So many health benefits from picking up a spade

Why not make 2022 the year that you pick up that spade or garden fork and get stuck into that plot you’ve always promised yourself would be your little piece of horticultural heaven?

New gardeners will be welcomed into the horticultural community in 2022 and they, along with already established gardeners, will look forward to the trends promised for the new year.

In their 2022 Annual Garden Report Primrose have revealed five rising garden trends that they predict will be hugely popular this year.

Their report shows that they had more than 5.5 million unique online searches on their site’s database to reveal the top flourishing trends.

Gardening Expert at Primrose, Evie Lane, said: “In 2022, we’ll be fusing nature with contemporary design, but in a way that we’ve never done before. We’ll get creative with our garpops of periwinkle and silver chrome.”

Raw materials

Primrose expect that we’ll see many garden structures made from organic materials in 2022, with searches for ‘hazel hurdles’ seeing the biggest rise (451 per cent) in searches compared to any other garden trend décor.

Futuristic contemporary garden décor

2022 is the year of the modernist, with contemporary water features revealed as the most sought after way to add a contemporary stamp to your garden.

As Pantone announced their Colour of the Year as Very Peri, it is unsurprising that forget-me-nots are set to be the most on-trend flower for 2022. Searches for the beautiful blue and purple petalled plant increased by a huge 2,104 per cent, making it Primrose’s most wanted flora.

Fill vertical space

lop o focus incorporating décor that’s going to fill blank vertical space in 2022.

Bright and blooming

Another trend likely will see a 398 per cent rise in vibrant planters.

The bright and blooming trend is all about colourful bedding plants and piercing planters.

The full report can be accessed by visiting www.primrose.co.uk/blossoming-trendsgarden-report-2022 website.

Along with the New Year comes new resolutions, and garden experts are giving people across the UK the ultimate starter kit for those looking to get into gardening in 2022.

Experts at GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk have put together all of the equipment newbies will need.

A spokesman for GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk said: “Taking on new hobbies in the new year is a great way to develop your skills and fill your time. There are loads of gardening tools that you may not necessarily need if you’re

beginner.”