Chaos Garden

Chaos gardening is a gardening practice of purposeful disorganization in gardening for a wildflower-like appearance. The practice involves gathering unused plants and seeds, scattering them randomly in the allotted garden space, and leave it up to chance as to which seeds or plants end up growing. The plants and seeds can be a variety of flowers, herbs, fruits, vegetables, and grasses. The random plants that do grow is said to result in a natural-looking garden with variety. The practice is described by Better Homes and Gardens magazine as laissez-faire that is "a haphazard and laid-back approach to gardening", where it is the expectation that some plants will thrive and some will not. Homes & Gardens describes it as "perfect for gardening amateurs", and the HGTV characterises it as a "freeing" approach. This gardening trend was popularised on social media in 2024.