Hot Gardening Technology Trends in 2016: Bold, Connected, Rewilded

Summary: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania's Garden Media Group shares eight hot gardening technology trends in 2016 that shape bold, connected, rewilded gardens.

The cover for Garden Media Group's 2016 Garden Trends Report captures the easy, go-to blend of NaTECHure (nature + technology): Katie @KatieGMG, via Twitter Dec. 29, 2015

Eight hot gardening technology trends for 2016 appear in the annual report Syncing with Nature, for Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2016, by the Garden Media Group of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

The garden trend-spotting group, whose reports date to 2001, base astute tea-leaf reading upon the premise that “[P]eople want to get back in sync with nature.” They consider that “millions of people are ‘rewilding’” by syncing in the “connected state using technology” and the “au naturel way” of camping, gardening and hiking. They describe seven hot gardening technology trends as altering such counterproductive perceptions as “'Nature' is easy and open to everyone. Gardening is seen as a chore.”

Nature-oriented connectedness emphasizes that “People want to be successful with plants without a lot of work or information.”

Hot gardening technology trends of connected greenery follow the “one home, one app” Nest model for remote and wireless control in the garden and the home. Connected greenery generates mobile coupons and proximity marketing for retailers, gardening knowledge for technologically savvy younger generations, and technological skills for older generations knowledgeable in gardening.

Hot gardening technology trends of NaTECHure have culturally enriching, educationally entertaining augmented and virtual realities “engage kids with gardening, health and fitness in fun, new ways.” NaTECHure’s geocaches, mysteries, puzzles and stories intend to get Z, “the most sedentary generation” in history, “off the couch, outside and digging in the dirt again.”

Wellitality juggles hospitality through indoor forests and living walls with wellness through ‘Plants with a Purpose’ by O2 For You®.

Hot gardening trends of the makers’ lifestyle keep yuccies, as “cultural offspring” of hipsters and yuppies, growing their own beer hops and fruit and vegetables dyes. Yuccies look like upgrades on the Do-It-Yourself doers since “They want to get down and dirty and engage with outdoor environments in a more hands-on way.”

Hot gardening technology trends of backyard boldness means “People are turning to new customization, lighting, and movement to add a sense of whimsicality to their backyards.” Garden Media Group notes as trend-setting examples of Electroluminescence and LED boldness: “Longwood Gardens’ Nightscape exhibit is drawing record breaking crowds to the gardens after dark.”

Hot gardening technology trends observe their greatest successes in layered landscapes of flowers upward to shrubs and then to trees.

Hot gardening technology trends of dogscapes provide beneficial wildlife and domesticated animals with environments that do not interfere with the proper progression through their life cycles. Environments qualify as pet-friendly and pet-safe through a lack of dangerous materials such as barbed wire fencing, chemical lawns, deadly or irritating plants and toxic pesticides.

Hot gardening technology trends of precious resources “rewild” gardeners into “sinking their toes in the grass” and gardens into “syncing plants with local ecosystems” through technology. Technology serves as a rapid, reliable conduit for realizing brownscapes with biodegradable scraps and xeriscapes with “up to 80% less water than a traditional garden bed.

Hot gardening technology trends turn gardens into bold, connected layers where people “rewild” with pets and precious resources in 2016.

The absence of chemical lawns, deadly or irritating plants and toxic pesticides characterizes pet-friendly and pet-safe environments: Garden Media Group @gardenmedia, via Twitter Feb. 16, 2016

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

The cover for Garden Media Group's 2016 Garden Trends Report captures the easy, go-to blend of NaTECHure (nature + technology): Katie‏ @KatieGMG @KatieGMG, via Twitter Dec. 29, 2015, @ https://twitter.com/KatieGMG/status/681848295052951555

The absence of chemical lawns, deadly or irritating plants and toxic pesticides characterizes pet-friendly and pet-safe environments: Garden Media Group @gardenmedia, via Twitter Feb. 16, 2016, @ https://twitter.com/gardenmedia/status/699613933829808128

For further information:

Garden Media Group. 2016 Garden Trends Report. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Garden Media Group. 2 February 2016. "A Look Inside: 2016 Garden Trends - Connected Greenery." YouTube.
Available @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTA-EGoLe00

Garden Media Group‏ @gardenmedia. 16 February 2016. "Garden trends focus on pets, technology and layers @bendbulletin." Twitter.
Available @ https://twitter.com/gardenmedia/status/699613933829808128

Katie‏ @KatieGMG @KatieGMG. 29 December 2015. "Top #gardenTrends You Can Use To Connect With Consumers In 2016 via @greenhousegrow @gardenmedia." Twitter.
Available @ https://twitter.com/KatieGMG/status/681848295052951555