Emily Mills
Welcome to 2025 and to Garden Center magazine's Weekend Reading, a weekly round-up of consumer garden media stories meant to help IGCs focus marketing efforts, spark inspiration and start conversations with consumers.
This week, it's all about trends for the new year! We've rounded up an array of trend pieces from consumer media:
Gardening: Leading trends to watch for in 2025, The Spokesman-Review
What are the hot gardening trends of 2025?, PennLive.com/The Patriot-News
Wave goodbye to rulebooks and bedding plants: 8 gardening predictions for 2025, Country Living
Gardening Trends That Deserve To Fade Away In 2025, House Digest
The 10 Garden Trends That Will Be Huge in 2025, Sunset Magazine
Enjoy your reading, have a great weekend and we'll see you next week!
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