Gardening trends move fast — but plants don’t care what’s popular.
In this video, you’ll learn which 2025 garden trends are doing more harm than good, and why they fail when you look at real plant biology, soil chemistry, and how roots actually function.
We’re breaking down:
• “Miracle” garden inputs that promise everything
• Fear-based chemical-free gardening advice
• Common container drainage myths
• Aesthetic-first garden design problems
• Why constantly “resetting” soil hurts your plants
This isn’t about shaming trends — it’s about giving you the context social media leaves out, so you can grow healthier plants with fewer products and less stress.
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Ashley has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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24 Comments
Just love your videos Ashley 🙂
Looking forward to see what next years trends are. Gonna grow peppers in cans to start, but gonna plant lots of great stuff for the year to come 😀
Wish you a fantastic New Year…… A happy 2026.
There aren’t as many this year as there has been in the past! So that’s good news 😅
I've been weary of landscaping trends since the great Bradford pear fiasco in Indiana about 10 years back. It's in the states parks further south and it's crazy if you see the blooms in the spring. They're working on tearing them out I was talking with DNR during the eclipse, they said they don't know how many years it'll take and they're still trying to get them out of cities and backyards surrounding. It'll probably take my whole lifetime to really make a dent. Sorry for the rant great video ❤🎉
Biggest hidden issue that goes un diagnosed is nutrient lockout from ph issues etc
Really interesting vid and thanks!
If your drainage is poor in your small pots, add more holes to it! Ive had this be an issue so many times!
THANKS ASHLEY –Ray Delbury Sussex County NJ USA
Thanks for another awesome video Ashley! 2024 was even worse with the "tips" 😂, but thanks for covering great ways to get an actual start on our garden for spring! 😊🌱
In containers, every 2 years I grow dandelion greens as a follow-up crop and let them overwinter and rot away! This prevents compaction! I also feed the lower layers with organic material! In the fall, I apply well-matured compost and cover it with autumn leaves. During the growing season, I mulch and give it a dose of lava grit! That’s enough for my garden.
I love your content. I just wanted to make a suggestion though. You don't need to aggressively edit out any gap in the video like you're doing here. People who garden are generally patient people, and I personally had a hard time absorbing what you were saying because as soon as one discussion item was done you jumped to the next without a chance to absorb the info.
Top soil management
That was a fierce thumbnail from our Ashley!!!
I didn't quite get what she said about using slow release fertilizer in pots. Yay, or nay? Why?
Thanks for reinstating the truth of organic vs chemical fertilizers and organic food. Keep up the good work !
Cheers
Thank you to Ashley and GIC Crew!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🥰💞
Wishing Everyone a Very Happy New Year,
and Best Wishes for 2026!!🥳👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You seem like you've had enough of the anti-chemical crowd. hugs
I have been looking forward to this video for, idk, a long time I guess. Im not sure where Im going with this comment.
What is the fill material in fertilizer?
Personal pet peve. All chemicals bad smh🧐
Great information! Thank you!
❤ I learn so much from you. I would like a video about preparing soil from a grass lawn for a garden and readying the current garden for the next planting. It’s -10f here so I can wait.
The 3 word jump cuts are really hard to get through. You are allowed to say "ah" and "um" you know!
6:04 A few years ago I bought 2 lovely whiskey barrel planters at a super price of $35 each. I knew they were going to be heavy to move if they had too much soil. I wasn't planning on using them for trees or shrubs so I knew my plants wouldn't need 2+ feet of soil depth either. I filled about the bottom half with large chunky pieces of Styrofoam from like appliance packaging and they have always grown beautiful plants with excellent drainage.
I agree completely with not focusing on all organic fertilizer in containers! The plants don't care how they get their nutrients as long as they are readily available. And in containers there usually isn't an established microorganism colony ready to convert the organic materials to useable nutrients. Years ago after I became a Maryland Master Gardener I realized I needed some more scientific training and earned a Horticulturist Certificate from the U of Guelph. Fantastic online program before online classes were popular. The soil science class was eye opening on how plants actually take up nutrients and how water moves through soil. Totally changed my way of looking at how I managed my veggie garden! Bonus was the biological classification mnemonic I remember to this day: Dear King Phillip Came Over For Gooseberry Soup. 😁