12 garden furniture trends to adopt in 2025
I don’t want to stress you, but if you intend to create a calm, low cortisol outdoor space this spring, you can’t let the grass grow under your feet. Hormone balancing is the wellness trend of the season and, according to the experts, there’s a completely free-of-charge fix for your off-kilter body chemistry: time spent in the garden.
Psychologists from the University of Bradford have opined that 30 minutes in your garden — at any time of the day — supports wellbeing. Dr Eleanor Bryant says: “Exposure to bright light during early to mid-morning, between 6am and 10am, helps toreset the circadian clock and regulate sleep patterns. Being outside during mid-morning to early evening between 10am and 6pm enhances alertness, mood, and cognitive function. Spending time in your garden after work can also be beneficial, even if the sun has gone down, as minimising light exposure during this time helps to prevent sleep disturbances and maintain a healthy wake–sleep cycle.”
Great stuff, and, as mentioned, available absolutely gratis, potentially leaving this season’s serenity seekers with extra budget for zhuzhing the patio (perhaps — who knows — cash they will spend with the furniture retailer Barker and Stonehouse, who commissioned the study). But do be aware that this is no time to relax.
The best of the garden furniture, launched earlier than ever this year, is already selling fast.
John Lewis unveiled its outdoor collection at the beginning of February — an unprecedentedly early launch for the partnership, responding to demand from customers and increased searches online. This month, sales climbed week-on-week, and demand was up 152 per cent compared with March last year.
At Habitat, new season outdoor pieces started to appear in January, but the reception has been warmer than last year, with garden furniture sales up 29 per cent compared with this month in 2024. In fact, in March, seven out of the ten trending search terms on Habitat.co.uk were garden-related, with garden tables, bistro sets and sofa sets attracting particular attention, and Habitat’s sanguine, sunny-natured customers seeking garden parasols.
From the DIY stores to the designer furniture suppliers, the trends are pointing towards maximising comfort. Deeply cushioned L-shaped sofas are the couches of choice. Home improvers are adding the ingredients of indoor cosiness to their gardens: table lamps and outdoor rugs.
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Since Alternative Flooring launched the Anywhere Ca-rPET last summer (made from 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles, looking like sisal but soft as wool), it has been the company’s top-selling product. At 50 bottles per square metre, so far this product has accounted for 3,230,800 plastic bottles.
For smaller terraces and balconies, the foldaway bistro set for two remains popular. But, where space allows, a table large enough for a family of six or more is in unprecedented demand. How much more hospitable to face friends and family across a table rather than having them eating off their knees on garden chairs.
There’s one trend that feels so classic I can’t believe it hasn’t been in the collections for the last few years (but I looked back at my notes and nope, it’s pretty new) — the colour green, in sofas, benches and bistro sets. It’s another example, like the emergence of the L-shaped outdoor sofa, of garden collections mimicking indoor trends; this one seems, for obvious reasons, even more at home in the garden.
For a makeover on a budget, there is always a pot of paint. Pick gentle, natural colours, such as Forget-Me-Not or Sage from Cuprinol’s Garden Shades, or Little Greene’s Celestial Blue for sheds, cladding and garden walls. Brights on furniture and fixtures such as bird tables can attract pollinators to your garden, like nectar-rich summer flowers. Extending the life of your steamer chair with berry-red paint, then lying and listening to the bees, will lower stress levels and boost your wellbeing.
1. Family-sized tables
Next’s Abel extendable six to eight-seater, £1,399
Larger tables are flying from the spring outdoor collections. Though some come with chairs, there’s no need to buy a set. Kitchen seats can be carried from indoors and the miscellaneous look is more stylish than a matchy-matchy dining suite.
Six-seater on a shoestring, Ikea’s light brown stained timber Nämmarö, £115, ikea.com
From Next’s stellar outdoor collection, the Abel extendable six to eight-seater, £1,399, next.co.uk
Rowen & Wren’s Sudbury, which seats six, is the most covetable of this season’s crop of outdoor tables, £1,698, rowenandwren.co.uk
2. L-shaped sofas
Aldi’s Acacia Garden Day Bed, £199.99
The corner sofa settee reshaped the way we used our sitting rooms, maximising seating and optimising floor space. This season, it is set to perform the same trick outdoors.
Brace for a bargain. Aldi’s Acacia Garden Day Bed will be in stores from May 1. This modular garden sofa can be configured as a three-seater corner sofa, a day bed, or twin loungers with a central table, £199.99, aldi.co.uk
Panama corner sofa set, including a coffee table, was £1,875, now £1,499, barkerandstonehouse.co.uk
Ikea’s take on the L-shaped couch is the clean contemporary Segerön three-seater, £690, ikea.com
3. Green furniture
Lauren Cocoon chair, £649
From the budget brands to the luxury labels, much of the new season’s garden furniture is the colour of summer foliage.
At Habitat, the mid-century style four-seat patio set, with rippled glass tabletop and Harry Bertoia-style seats, costs £495, habitat.co.uk
The Lauren Cocoon chair, with green rope-effect weave back, is a stylish spin on last year’s bestseller, £649, atkinandthyme.co.uk
Birdie Fortescue’s new Curato collection features aluminium sofa, chair, coffee and side tables, in weatherproof green paint. Curato garden sofa, £995, birdiefortescue.co.uk
4. Rope not rattan
Atkin and Thyme’s Celia day bed and matching ottoman, £1,049
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Fed up with the ubiquitous faux rattan seating? New rope-style woven furniture is equally weatherproof, has all the texture and none of the plasticky feel.
Habitat’s Java two-seater metal Garden Bistro set, £190, argos.co.uk
New this season and selling out quickly, the Celia day bed and matching ottoman from Atkin and Thyme, £1,049, atkinandthyme.co.uk
Cannes two-seater, with Teflon-coated waterproof seat cushions, £1,499, bridgman.co.uk
5. Portable lights
Original BTC’s Blossom table light, £499
Lamps for the table, the picnic rug, or to perch on a wall. Every garden needs one — or three — of the new rechargeable indoor-outdoor lights.
Fanosa indoor-outdoor lantern, £22.99, laredoute.co.uk
Aldan cordless table lamp from Cox and Cox dims and brightens at a touch, £85, coxandcox.co.uk
Original BTC’s Blossom table light with a floral theme, £499, originalbtc.com
6. Seats that swing
Odd’s three-seater Old Rocker swing, £4,450
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, and the latest hammocks and hangout pods rock.
Pink striped garden hammock, £60, thestripescompany.com
Hangout Pod, made from mildew and mould-resistant cream fabric, £249, hangoutpod.co.uk
Odd specialises in canopied swing seats for the garden, from £3,800 for a two-seater Little Rocker and £4,450 for a three-seater Old Rocker, oddlimited.com
7. Outdoor rugs
Ruggable’s blue and white Cyrus rug, from £99
A few years ago, carpets for the garden seemed like the last word in snowflakery. Now we’ve become accustomed to underfoot cosiness — and there’s no going back.
Homescapesonline has a number of inexpensive garden textiles, including the £19.99 Aztec outdoor rug, homescapesonline.com
Go bespoke on a budget with Alternative Flooring’s synthetic sisal Anywhere Ca-rPET range. The fibres are made from 100 per cent consumer recycled plastic, £51.35 per sq m, alternativeflooring.com
New from Ruggable, the blue and white Cyrus rug, from £99, ruggable.co.uk
8. Bistro sets
JYSK’s Green Aborg bistro set, £80
These space-savers deliver café society to your patio. Just add a French press and some riviera-style sunshine.
Habitat’s Eve two-seater bistro set, £65, habitat.co.uk
Green Aborg bistro set, from JYSK, £80, jysk.co.uk
Sazy bistro set, with round-topped table and slatted wooden seats, £445, sazy.com
9. Paint
Wall painted in Cuprinol Garden Shades’s Forget-Me-Not, from £4.63 for 125ml
A pot of paint transforms an outdoor space, making it more appealing to humans and wildlife. Brights that mimic the colours of nectar-rich flowers can attract butterflies and bees to your garden.
Cladding is coloured in Cuprinol Garden Shades, Forget-Me-Not, from £4.63 for 125ml, wood-finishes-direct.com
The timber-clad wall is in Celestial Blue and the door and frame in Loft White, all Intelligent Exterior Eggshell, £86 for 2.5 litres by Little Greene, littlegreene.com
This berry-red colour is called Blomster, from a palette created by the garden designer Jinny Blom for Mylands. Masonry paint or exterior wood and metal, £89 for 5 litres, mylands.com
10. Loungers
The most decadent of the garden buys, sun loungers can bring a Miami poolside vibe to that dreary spot beside the potting shed.
The Masix lounger is a contemporary outdoor chaise in black steel and woven rope, £279.99, laredoute.co.uk
Cheltenham sun lounger with cushions, from Neptune, £2,150, neptune.com
Designed by Paola Navone for Janus et Cie, the most extravagant of the sun loungers is Chopstix Chaise Lounge in Peacock, £11,444, janusetcie.com
11. The folding stuff
John Lewis acacia wood deckchair, £59
In the garden, alfresco rooms can be conjured up from thin air with reconfiguration of outdoor furniture, and the humble deckie is the most portable seat of all.
John Lewis acacia wood deckchair, £59, johnlewis.com
Characteristically quirky designs from the Toiletpaper Home collection, Seletti’s deckchairs cost £130 each, seletti.it
Back in stock April 9, the Riviera stripe deckchair, from Graham and Green, £249, grahamandgreen.co.uk
12. Outdoor amusements
Corneille’s Play-Style outdoor pool table, £4,995
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We aspire to spend more hours in the garden, but not gardening. (Pinterest, that barometer of global aspiration, reports searches for “chaos gardening” up 290 per cent this year.) Several of the season’s launches aim to fill our outdoor time with fun.
The Den Kit company, as you might expect, sells kits for kids to make outdoor lairs. From £55 for their latest launch, a Pirate Den Kit, thedenkitco.com. A Forest Den Kit costs £75, thedenkitco.com
Portable projector from Loewe, We. BEAM brings HDR picture quality at projection sizes from 40 to 120 inches. £859, loewe.tv
Cornilleau’s Play-Style outdoor pool table converts to a dining table, £4,995, cornilleau.com
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