One of the top 2025 housing design trends I have been reading about is increasing a home’s connection to nature. It even has a name… biophilia. I first heard about biophilic design and wrote a post about it last fall… Biophilic Design… what it is and what it has in common with Mid-Century/Modern Design. It includes adding more plants and greenery, filtering in more natural light, and embracing neutral, earthy color palettes and materials.
Not just a design trend, studies have shown that plants can have a measurable impact on your mental health and improve your well-being, including…
- Improving air quality
- Lowering cortisol levels (hormone associated with stress)
- Encouraging feelings of calm, comfort and connectedness to nature
- Boosting mood and promoting mindfulness
- Creating purpose and a routine for caring for something outside yourself
If you are like us and can more likely kill plants than nurture them I have the store for you! I first heard of Lost in the Forrest last year when my husband John came home with a plant. He said he had been in Lost in the Forrest and asked for help finding a plant he couldn’t kill… we don’t have a good track record! I don’t know the name of the plant but it was table top size, and nice and full. Over the next months some parts of it died… then it started coming back to life and growing new shoots… success, we didn’t kill it!
When I was shopping at West End with our son and daughter-in-law before Christmas we went into Lost in the Forrest and I was impressed… I saw why John decided to buy a plant.
I was impressed both with how bright, clean and expansive the store was (a unique merger of store front and nursey)… and the variety of plants and other items offered for sale.
It isn’t intimidating as a nursery can be if you aren’t knowledgeable about plants. This felt more like a retail store with knowledgeable people there to help you make the right decisions for you… and my husband proved that it worked (which is not usual)!
Don’t be intimidated if you are a plant ‘newbie’… Lost in the Forrest can help you incorporate nature into your home. Both their selection and physical space are broad and expansive.
Whether you already have a green thumb or are a newbie, you can impress your friends by telling them you are using ‘biophilic’ design!
Sharlene Hensrud, RE/MAX Results – shensrud@homesmsp.com
