As the 2025 gardening season rapidly approaches, are you considering how to enhance your outdoor spaces?
Here at HMG, we’ve been getting our hands dirty by exploring the exciting trends that are shaping the way that families across the nation are transforming their gardens into personal havens this year. It’s time to look at your outdoor fences and sheds and begin a much-needed garden paint project with the latest garden paint colour trends.
With garden projects taking a more subtle approach about colour this year, we have compiled a comprehensive list of colour combinations, developed by our colour design team.
Why Colour Combinations Matter
At HMG, we understand that a well –chosen colour palette can transform your garden, turning any simple garden project into something to that can be displayed with pride.
Simply put, colour transforms gardens, and finding the best colour combination can be a difficult task. So, our colour team have made it easy for you with a selection of colour schemes. We have identified a shift from more bold colour combinations being utilised in gardens in 2024. Whilst a bold garden paint is still popular amongst the masses, we are seeing an increased demand in more natural, soft shades this year, creating a colour palleted in your garden that feels peaceful and balanced.
With this in mind, we would like to showcase our picks for colour combinations you should use within your garden in 2025.
Bold Modern Garden Paint Colours:
If you want your garden to look modern and stand out, try these strong colour ideas for 2025:
Cherry Blossom Pink and Prestwich Blue
When considering a bold garden paint colour combination for your garden, look no further than the pairing of Cherry Blossom Pink and Prestwich Blue.
Cherry Blossom Pink, offers a soft, yet vibrant touch to your garden. This blush pink shade of paint, reminiscent of Cherry Blossom’s blooming in Spring, is an impactful shade that draws the attention without being too overwhelming. The colour, most referred to as “Light Pink” is a warm, striking shade of pink that works well to counterbalance deep, dark shades found within many gardens, providing a beautiful contrast to the depth of Prestwich Blue, one of the most popular colours within our garden paint collection.
Prestwich Blue has been one of our signature colours since launch and is designed to make a truly bold statement in your garden, with a deep, dark hue, with subtle green undertones, giving it a captivating quality that cannot be matched. When Prestwich blue is applied to the likes of fences, sheds or other garden decor such as terracotta pots, creates a powerful backdrop within any garden, allowing vibrant foliage to pop and brighter colours, such as Cherry Blossom Pink, to truly shine.
The contrast between the soft, warm pink and the deep, cool blue creates a visually stunning effect, adding vibrancy and a sense of modern elegance to your garden, as the pairing creates a dynamic colour scheme within your garden, allowing you to create a truly unmistakable statement within your garden.
Light Grey and Slate Grey
For a bold, yet sleek and timeless colour combination, look no further than the pairing of our two grey shades Light Grey and Slate Grey.
Slate Grey provides a rich, charcoal-like hue that adds depth and structure to your garden while embracing that Earthy side (can change) When used on your fences or sheds, Slate Grey offers a strong, architectural feel, defining boundaries and creating a striking visual impact.
Light Grey acts as a gentle, airy contrast to Slate Grey. This soft, neutral shade offers a sense of calm and openness, brightening up shaded areas and creating a feeling of spaciousness. When used with Slate Grey, Light Grey can highlight specific features or create a subtle, layered effect.
This colour combination when paired together create a sophisticated look that is anything but dull. The deep, intense shade of Slate Grey provides a powerful backdrop that gives your garden a distinct modern edge. Against this backdrop, the lightness of Light Grey can truly shine, adding a refreshing and inviting aesthetic that when paired with Slate Grey, creates an inviting aesthetic perfectly suited for a garden that aims for an a mixture of a bold, monochromatic approach as well as a subtle dive into your more earthy tones which provide a much more long-lasting appeal.
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Earthy Garden Paint Colours:
For those seeking to create a natural outdoor environment, these earthy garden paint colour combinations are trending in 2025:
Walnut and Green Forest
For an earthy garden paint colour combination that provides your garden with a natural harmony of colours, the duo of a warm shaded Walnut, and the deep shade of Green Forest is a perfect way of blending your garden with its surrounding nature.
Our Walnut Garden Paint, is a rich brown shade, adding a deep warmth with its tones, reminiscent of the timber on a tree. This colour brings an organic and grounded look to any garden, offering a backdrop that feels connected to the landscape.
Speaking of greens, when Walnut is paired with Green Forest, a colour that embodies nature’s deep, natural shades beautifully, the resulting combination is one that harmonises effortlessly. Green Forest is a rich green that allows lighter foliage to stand out and become a vibrant contrast within your garden. When used on fences and sheds, Green Forest can provide a depth that makes your garden immersed with its natural surroundings.
The deep warm brown of Walnut provides your garden with a stable, earthy foundation that grounds your garden, whilst the more vibrant depth of Green Forest allows your garden to seamlessly blend with its surrounding landscape and let the colour of your foliage shine.
Light Grey and Chartwell Green
For those looking to add a touch of natural beauty to their garden, why not consider the combination of Light Grey, and our popular Chartwell Green.
For those who are curious, Chartwell Green, is a colour that is deeply rooted into British Heritage., Chartwell Green has a history that dates back to the mid-20th century, as Winston Churchill chose this particular shade of green when decorating his country home in Kent.
Chartwell Green, currently our bestselling colour of 2025, is as a soft, muted green that blends naturally with plants, making it perfect for those looking to add a touch of nature to their garden. The colours calm and stylish tone suits any garden style, without being too overwhelming.
Paired with Light Grey, Chartwell Green takes on a more sophisticated and grounded feel when used in your garden. A Light Grey Garden Paint is often used as a cool, neutral tone that sits comfortably between white and darker greys, making it a versatile shade that provides a unique style to your garden. This pairing creates a balanced aesthetic that is subtle yet effective. The combination of Light Grey and Chartwell Green offers a result that looks both timeless yet fashionable, working well in modern gardens designs and still feeling traditional when compared to the more bolder looking modern garden designs.
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Soft Pastel Garden Paint Colours:
For those looking to embrace trends this gardening season, these soft pastel colour combinations are becoming increasingly popular for in 2025:
Chartwell Green and Stone
With the ever-rising popularity of pastel shaded garden paints in 2025, its clear homeowners are looking to turn towards softer, more muted shades within their gardens. With this in mind, we believe that the combination of Chartwell Green and Stone is a tried and tested answer for those looking to play into the trend this gardening season.
Chartwell Green works incredibly as a pastel shaded paint, effortlessly blending its soft, muted green tones with the natural environment. With a look that instantly feels comfortable and classic, this garden paint colour when applied to garden fences and shed makes a perfect backdrop for a serene garden, allowing vibrant colours of flowers and foliage to pop. The gentle presence of Chartwell Green.
When this soft shade of green is paired with Stone, a colour that is reminiscent of a sun-warmed pebble. Stone helps to bring your garden a warm, natural softness that complements well with earthy bright shades such as Chartwell Green.
Pairing these two colours allows your garden to feel truly balanced, embodying the soft pastel trend perfectly. The combination of Chartwell Green and the soft, earthy warmth of tone, provides a comforting, grounded feel. This duo of colours ensures a garden design that doesn’t attract too much attention but rather blends seamlessly with its surroundings, making it the perfect aesthetic for homeowners in 2025.
Duck Egg Blue and Light Grey
Duck Egg Blue is a soft, muted shade of light blue, that has subtle green undertones. This gentle pastel shade colour is inspired by the delicate shell of a duck’s egg. On fences and sheds, Duck Egg Blue provides a backdrop that allows the natural greens and vibrant colours found within your garden to truly stand out. The colour helps to create a sense of openness, making small garden to feel wider and more spacious.
Pairing this colour with an earthy, natural colour like Light Grey allows you to add a touch of subtle colour without being overwhelming. When used well, light grey provides a cool, neutral tone that possesses a certain elegance without appearing too cold and moody. When placed alongside Duck Egg Blue, the combination becomes gentle and sophisticated, which is very suitable for those looking to create a pastel themed garden.
This colour combination creates a balanced theme that perfectly demonstrates why pastel themed gardens have become so popular in 2025 Light Grey acts as the gentle anchor, allowing the soothing qualities found within our Duck Egg Blue Garden Paint to truly shine as a pastel colour. The lightness of the grey ensures that the blue doesn’t feel too dominant, while the desaturated look of the blue softens the neutral grey tones, introducing the blue without it being overwhelming, creating a truly beautiful pastel garden.
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Comparing 2024 vs. 2025:
In comparison to 2024, which focused on bolder and “in your face” colours, we’re seeing a shift towards more nuanced palettes in this year. While bold colours remain to be popular among a general audience, there’s a growing appreciation for the subtle beauty of earthy and pastel tones, such as stone and light grey.
Whether you’re drawn to the natural beauty of earthy tones, the striking impact of bold modern colours, or the gentle charm of soft pastels, HMG Paints has the perfect shade for your garden in 2025.
Embrace these trending fence and shed colours and create a garden that truly reflects your individual style. If you are looking to view the colours listed within this blog yourself, please see our water-based Garden Paint HydroPro Garden Paint for more.