At Sunline Landscaping, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of innovation and quality when it comes to luxury landscaping. We are pleased to elevate your home and curb appeal with some of these showstopping trends, which you will see a lot of throughout 2026. Here are the top five future landscaping trends that will allow your home to be ahead of the game and standout as the pinnacle of elegance and style:
Maximalism is making a huge resurgence, with people longing for a cozy and lived-in feel to their gardens. Imagine stepping out onto your patio to trellises galore, trailing roses, and the sweet scent of star jasmine providing a truly castle-like feel to your home. Opt for antique planters and touches of opulence like Florence-style wall fountains and intricate columns to support the roof of your new covered patio. Choose classic and elegant plants like the dahlia or the peony, while letting ground cover in the form of moss or flowering thyme add a whimsical feel and help retain water in your soil for longer. Sunline Landscaping will help you install the covered hammock or poolside cabana of your dreams, to really tie together this Victorian-inspired backyard oasis.
While the option to construct a large and sprawling garden might be out of reach due to spatial limitations or simply prioritizing other landscaping features, an easy and stylish way to integrate edible plants and herbs to your home is to invest in a vertical gardening system, optimized for minimal upkeep and clean-up. No more soil being tracked into the house; with a vertical gardening system you can opt for an entirely hydroponic set up or let us help you choose the right substrate for your needs. For an even lower maintenance option with equal visual dynamism, your vertical garden could be composed of air plants, lichen, and moss, all of which require little to no watering and do well indoors or in shaded areas on the patio.
Although motion sensor technology and mood lighting has been an ever-present feature in upscale landscaping for some time now, smart lighting technology continues to evolve at an astonishing pace. Consider simply upgrading your outdoor lighting features for a quick but drastic boost to your yard's aesthetic. By using projection mapping software to create festival-worthy light displays, customizing your smart lighting to sync to music seamlessly, or even designing your lights to change color and pattern based on temperature and weather changes, you can elevate your landscape and illuminate overlooked features. These smart lights are energy efficient and can be paired with solar panel installation for an easy way to cut down on your electrical bill while not sacrificing the quality of home decor you enjoy.
While lush landscaping might seem unattainable in certain climates, fear not: the desert chic oasis feel is a simple and time-tested way to make your house stand out as a pinnacle of taste. Choose lighter wood colors for your deck and covered patio needs, and opt for pocket doors into and out of outdoor recreation areas for an open and spa-like feel. Choose large succulents and cacti to adorn your backyard, as well as tasteful crystal pieces and stone paths that make your home feel like a Palm Springs Spa. Incorporate lots of water features that tie together the minimalist decor and encourage a relaxed atmosphere. A beautiful outdoor shower and ice plunge tub are fun additional pieces to really boost the wellness benefits available to you from home. Sunline can help you choose beautiful patio furniture pieces such as hanging chairs and shaded benches on which to relax and read throughout the summer months. This timeless aesthetic is not only classy, but cost efficient and extremely low-maintenance, which allows for more time spent actually enjoying your home.
Infinity pools are a wonderful way to break up the silhouette of your property and add some depth of field, and they also allow you to play around with creating man made berms, and to use your sloped landscape to the fullest extent possible. These gorgeous water features can boast the illusion of a vanishing outer edge, and are perfect for any scenic property or hillside manor. You can elevate your enjoyment of this water feature by choosing a fully-integrated water spa that flows into the pool gradually, so you can go from relaxing in your own private hot tub, with jets for sports recovery and massage therapy, to swimming laps in your main pool area. You might even opt for a hybrid indoor-outdoor pool set-up, giving you the ability to seamlessly transition from swimming inside a gorgeous natatorium to relaxing on a baja bench against your infinity wall and gazing out at the surrounding nature.
Whether you opt for an overflowing rustic garden, a desert-inspired getaway, or any of the aforementioned predicted trends, you are sure to wow your neighbors and potential future home-buyers alike. We cannot wait to embark on your next landscaping project together, and we hope this article has helped to stimulate your creative ideas and to foster a drive to give yourself the home and backyard you have always wanted. Schedule a free consultation now with Sunline Landscaping and let us make your garden dreams come true.
