Thinking about elevating your outdoor living space in 2025? This year’s landscape architecture trends fuse timeless elegance with modern innovation. These trends are perfect for the homeowner seeking luxury, lifestyle, and lasting beauty. Here’s our curated list of outdoor living trends that are both timeless and trending!
If you’re a golf fan or live with someone who is– you can imagine the luxury of having your personal putting green in your backyard. We shape and tailor every custom backyard putting green to fit seamlessly into your estate’s layout! This backyard addition is certain to be a winning feature in your backyard.
Custom, prefab, and infinity create the ultimate backyard resort experience for vacation lovers. A custom pool transforms your estate into a private luxury resort, enhancing views and blending with the landscape. 2025 is full of custom and infinity pool trends and our crew at Brown Design group is fully on board. In fact, we even take it a step further, adding water features and fire features to make your space feel truly unique and tailored to your personal style. Take a look at some of our projects such as Infinite Possibilities to get some ideas for your own infinity pool design!
Modern outdoor kitchens offer a full experience for you and your guests. Depending on your hosting style, there are tons of options to create the perfect kitchen space for you. One of the biggest trends of 2025 is the fully equipped custom outdoor kitchen design. Our custom outdoor kitchens feature warming drawers, an outdoor range, premium refrigeration options, dual basined sinks, built in grills, and pizza ovens. Whether you want it all or just a few of those options, that’s the magic of the custom outdoor kitchen designs. If that’s a little more than you need, a cool and casual option would be a bar and grill. The beauty is in its simplicity and a perfect space for outdoor entertaining. When we design these spaces, we love to include an overhead structure, such as a pergola, and a grand fireplace. The addition of a mounted TV can make it the perfect space for hosting during football season in the fall!
An outdoor living room will completely change the way you see your backyard. A classic trend we keep seeing is a seamless flow between your interior and exterior living space. Bringing the indoors out can enhance the comfort of your outdoor living space, maximize the use of the space, and extend its use from season to season. When creating this space, we often design them beneath a custom-built overhead structure. These structures house amenities such as premium lounge furniture, a bar and grill, fully functioning fireplace and mantel, and a dining area! We integrate smart tech features into estate outdoor lounges to create a luxury experience. Some of these features include outdoor televisions, built-in heating or cooling to assist in climate control, lighting, built in speaker systems, and so much more– the limit is your imagination! Check out our project Tranquil Haven to spark some outdoor living room ideas of your own.
A classic addition to any backyard space is the firepit. However– if you are looking to take it up a notch, an outdoor fireplace is exactly what you need! Implementing a fireplace and mantel is a cozy way to enhance the ambiance of your space. Imagine a cool autumn evening, football playing on the mantel and a cozy fire burning below! Sounds like a perfect evening to us. Not only is a fireplace a great addition in autumn, but natural wood burning fireplaces are a hit in the summer as well!
A smaller feature that truly enhances your space’s ambiance is fire and water features. If you plan on installing a luxury pool, take it to the next level by adding a fire water bowl. The flame reflecting off the pool and the sound of the water will turn your outdoor living space from basic to resort style living. If you’re not installing a pool, there are other ways to include these features in your outdoor space. Adding a pond with cascading waterfalls provides a stunning backdrop. You can accent your outdoor space’s details by adding luxury water or fire features.
We practice sustainable planting by using native plants to add intrigue and diversity to your landscape. Non-native plants often require more maintenance when it comes to water and light needs. Implementing native plants into your landscape can help save water. This is not only beneficial to the environment, but your wallet as well. When we design with native plants, you replace fewer plants season after season. Plants that are native to your region are able to survive throughout the entire year. If you are looking for help getting started, we have more articles that highlight sustainable landscape architecture or contact a trusted professional! Choosing native plants is definitely a trend right now, but it is so much more than that as it provides you with a gorgeous native planting design and benefits the environment for years to come.
The addition of a structure such as a pergola or deck provides a luxe feel to your outdoor living space. A custom pergola design is the perfect place to start envisioning that outdoor living room we touched on earlier. Adding vertical built elements as such will enhance the elegance and luxury of your space. These are also a lovely way to ensure your space can be used rain or shine.
There are also some great luxury deck ideas. Installing a deck can be a luxurious addition and a great way to host friends and family. For instance, the top of the deck can be a space to lounge and relax, while below there is a fully equipped kitchen and dining space. Decks also are a great way to have the option between sun and shade or ensure you have a dry place to grill no matter what the weather! Adding an overhead structure is a trend we are seeing in 2025 that we know we’ll continue to be seeing in years to come.
Whether you’re planning a full estate transformation or just enhancing your cozy backyard retreat, these 2025 trends offer inspiration planted in timeless design and modern luxury. At Brown Design Group, we specialize in crafting spaces that are designed to grow with you and are built to last.
