6 Front Yard Trends You’re About to See Everywhere in 2025, According to Gardening Pros

While spring still feels far away, we can’t wait to usher in the new season with some fresh new front yard trends.

From pro’s favorite spring flowers for the year, to more sustainability in gardens and landscaping, here are the year’s biggest front yard trends and how to incorporate them into your own space.

Drought-Resistant Plants

With concerns about climate change and new water law restrictions underway, homeowners are going to be more interested in drought-tolerant plants in their front yards. Luckily there are plenty of these kinds of plants to choose from, says Laura Janney, expert gardener and owner of The Inspired Garden. To start, she says opt for ornamental grasses.

“These thrive in heat and drought, adding lovely textures and interest throughout the seasons, including winter,” Janney says.

There’s also yarrow, Russian sage, Agastache (a fantastic pollinator plant), coneflower, salvia, catmint, and more to consider.

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Less Manicured and Formal Landscaping

Front yards are more likely to go au naturel this year with cottage gardens and meadowscapes.

“Homeowners are increasingly wanting more natural but more colorful gardens with flowers that bloom throughout the year,” Janney says.

She sees this as a trend that began in 2024 and will grow stronger throughout 2025. To get the look, incorporate more soft and less structured perennials in layers with different bloom times, heights and textures.

“An easy way to do this is to place flowers in more of a zigzag pattern versus straight rows,” Janney says.

Pollinator Garden Stations

Pollinator garden stations will be the trend for 2025 front lawns.

“These consist of a variety of bird baths, hummingbird and squirrel feeder stations, and native plants surrounding these feeder stations,” says Tammy Sons, a horticulturist and the founder of TN Nursery.

The bird feeders and plants will attract butterflies, bees, and birds, plus tons of other pollinators, which will be great for adding color and life to your front yard. Just don’t place your pollinator garden station too close to your home.

“Pollinators are shy of structures, and it needs to be in a wide-open space away from structures or people,” Sons says.

Rainchains

Unlike fountains, a rain chain redirects the water from your gutters and slows the flow of rainwater into other areas of your yard. This way, the rain doesn’t accumulate all in one area and damage your home’s foundation or landscaping.

Rainchains are useful, and they will be on-trend this year, especially when considering how much people want more sustainability in a garden.

“Rainchains deter water to plants or to feeder pots or containers,” says Sons. “It’s a slow drip and nothing like a gutter runoff, making it perfect not to make holes in the soil or damage landscaping.”

Rainchains are also wonderful ways to help support wildlife, by making sure they have plenty of water even in the driest seasons.

Edible Landscapes

Another trend our experts foresee is edible landscapes, full of plants you can eat. They can work in large front yards and even postage stamp lots. These are not just gardens per se, as even shrubs and bushes included in an edible landscape can offer food for you or wildlife.

“Blueberry bushes, for example, are especially easy to grow,” says Chuck Pavlich, horticulturist and director of new product development with Terra Nova Nurseries.

Simply add them to containers or plant them in the ground to fill up your front yard with an edible plant. Plus, when they are not growing berries, the plant has beautiful red stems in the winter, pink bell-shaped flowers in the spring, and stunning foliage to admire in fall.

Conifer Trees

Having more trees in the front yard will be on trend. And conifers, because they are so easy to work with, are the way to go say garden experts.

“Conifers aren’t high-strung and needy,” says Pavlich. The trees are low maintenance, adapt to many climatic conditions, and resist most pests and disease.

Conifers also come with the benefit of providing windbreaks, along with homes for local wildlife, and adding ecological variety to a landscape. They come in many varieties including conical-shaped plants for a more formal look.

“Think yews at the Palace at Versailles,” says Pavlich.

Conifers come in plenty of colors including silvers, blues, lemon yellow, gold, and thousands of shades of green, he adds.