Every year, the Flower Council develops several style trends for the horticulture sector, collaborating with Tuinbranche Nederland, iBulb, INretail, and Bureau Nijman + Van Haaster. The Green Industry Trends 2025 consists of four style trends focusing on flowers, indoor plants, and outdoor plants. In this article, we will explore the style trend Slow Life: a calming interior style with a sustainable character. Read on and get inspired!

Horticulture Trends for 2025: Slow Life

This style trend primarily focuses on safety, trust, and connection. In particular, tranquillity and natural materials play the leading roles in the interior. Designers carefully use handcrafted products and complement them with warm, natural colours.As a result, shapes are simple and recognisable, giving the interior a soothing and sustainable character. This makes Slow Life ideal for anyone looking to escape the hectic pace of everyday life. It creates a calm environment where you can truly relax and recharge.

Key core values of this trend include calmness, simplicity, harmony, nature, soberness, essentialness, mindfulness, sustainability, authenticity, and comfort.

Slow Life in interior design

The Slow Life interior has a calming and sustainable character. In fact, the materials used are primarily natural, and they are as eco-friendly and sustainable as possible. Furthermore, the shapes used are simple, sober, and recognisable. This trend argues for simple designs – think stripes, checks, and natural prints of flowers, leaves, and branches. Flower arrangements stand out for their pastel sobriety and quiet presence, while we see plants with soft and colourful leaves.

Also read: Style Trend 2024: Gentle Paradox

Slow Life colour palette

This trend has two colour palettes. Firstly, there are soft pastel tones like nudes, lilacs, and light blues, primarily intended for flowers and plants. These tones are flanked by green, burgundy, and ochre. Secondly, neutral brown shades, including light greys, create a calming atmosphere within the interior.