Transatlantic Trends

England’s Mr Plant Geek shares garden styles most likely to travel from Europe to North America.

The combo of a nation of creative gardeners in the UK with a commercially aware mainland Europe means trends often start on this side of the pond — although there’s always something to learn wherever I go. For example, I picked up lots of ideas during my U.S. trip last summer, in particular the ladybugs being sold in a refrigerator by the cash desk in the garden center. I have never seen this in Europe to date. Likewise, in Japan, I always pick up lots of container gardening tips and tricks and ideas of new plants to use. So, let’s dig in (pun intended) to some of the trends that I think I see coming down the lane.