The dutch landscape designerwhose work is instantly recognizable for its dreamy romanticism and oftcopied for its emphasis on sustainable, sensible plantingsmakes it look so easy. I look forward to future posts about the progress of your garden. Dutch landscape designer piet oudolf planted this oudolf captures the plant. Seeing the new perennial planting at the toronto botanical garden for the first time in 2006 was like discovering a rosetta stone of modern garden design. The list which was compliled for gardens illustrated is helpfully divided into shortseason and filler plants, mediumlength season plants, longseason plants and bulbs. Piet emphasizes that these plants also make a statement in winterthey are not cut in autumn. Diblik actually grew many of the plants and helped with the layout and design. Designing with plants by piet oudolf excellent condition.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read planting. Hosted by oudolf and plantsman noel kingsbury, planting the piet oudolf way is an online course run by learning with experts, in association with gardens illustrated, that will give students a rare personal insight into oudolf s planting approach. A plantdriven designer carves out a career working in and designing public and private gardens around the united states and the world, giving lectures, and. As the camera follows the 73yearold dutchman to the various gardens hes designed, a portrait of oudolf emerges. Piet oudolfs new garden book, plantings architectural. Composed of drifts and waves of plants selected to match the vast scale of new york harbor, the gardens of remembrance feel natural and sometimes even untamed. So take a page from piet oudolfs design book, and try these great grasses for yourself.
Noel kingsbury is one of the uks leading experts on naturalistic planting. Note please be aware that these plants will have been especially sourced by piet oudolf in mainland europe and may not be more widely available. Apr 30, 20 piet oudolfs new garden book, plantings. Useful information address museum voorlinden, buurtweg 90, 2244 ag wassenaar, the netherlands. The influential dutch plantsman, leading light in the new perennials movement of naturalistic planting design, piet oudolf has been largely responsible for the vo. By noel kingsbury in april 2011, a visit to piet and anja oudolf s home was an unexpected opportunity for me to watch the couple lay out a new section of garden. The latest news and design from dutch garden designer piet oudolf, featuring his design for the high line in new york. We enrolled in piet oudolf s course to see if distance learning is as good as. Planting design sourcebook introduction 1 introduction this planting design sourcebook is the essential guide to developing phytophilic design sensibilities, as well as constructing design processes suitable for various situations, and deciding how best to manipulate plants for. Piet oudolfs gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with an approach to gardening that emphasizes form, texture, light, movement, and color. The studio is filled with designs and offers a fascinating glimpse into this master plantsmans world. In 20, he singled out the 100 plants he wont do without and we have them all listed for you here in shoot. Unearthing your creative roots through gardening, is a well known gardening expert and communicator.
Over the past six months, ive been utterly absorbed in the making of a woodland garden on the edge of our oneacre pond in the rolling hills of mono, ontario. Garden designer piet oudolf has gained international renown for his imaginative plantings. Piet oudolf is a garden designer and plantsman, based in the netherlands but working and teaching internationally. Spires of echinacea in piet oudolf s garden in hummelo, the netherlands. Piets harmonious plant compositions will dazzle, envigorate, and alternatively, calm any gardener who follows his lead with garden design. Piet oudolfs plant list design from museum voorlinden. Planting design planting in time and space landscapes in landscapes.
Piet oudolf delivers pithy statements like this one throughout thomas pipers documentary five seasons. Jan 22, 20 piet oudolf lists his definitive top100 musthave plants. The combinations of plants and grasses that piet selects provide a magnificence of colour from early spring well into the autumn, but in winter they give the garden structure and longevity. Planting a new perspective oudolfhummelo with michael king designing with grasses with henk gerritsen dreamplants for the natural garden. In designing with plants noel kingsbury has done a terrific job of bringing oudolf s work within reach of the rest of us. Planting design sourcebook introduction 1 introduction this planting design sourcebook is the essential guide to developing phytophilic design sensibilities, as well as constructing design processes suitable for various situations, and deciding how best to manipulate plants for effective uses for humankind. Apr 07, 20 t he dutch designer piet oudolf began his particular journey when he planted up his garden at hummelo, in the netherlands, in 1981. Piet s harmonious plant compositions will dazzle, envigorate, and alternatively, calm any gardener who follows his lead with garden design.
Paired with outstanding photos of many of oudolf s gardens, the book contains invaluable advice on garden planning, plant selections, how to group plants for different purposes, and even color advice. Noel kingsbury is a british garden designer and writer on gardening, plant sciences and. In addition to designing planting schemes, piet oudolf has also published a number of books in. Piet oudolfs landscapes are as peopled as they are planted. Oct 11, 2015 piet oudolf is the dutch garden designer, who has achieved international fame with his prairie style influenced garden design. This teaching video takes dr noel kingsbury, who has known and has helped interpret his work for over twenty years on a tour of the oudolf family garden at hummelo, with piet. During the design process, piet oudolf uses different techniques and media to create a clear image of the gardens design. Piet oudolf meadow planting of echinacea and echinops ritro coneflower and globe thistle the globe thistle is fabulous in all seasons piet oudolfs garden in august. What is the time frame for the gardens installation. A new gardenhis ownmarks the next step in piet oudolf s constantly evolving creative journey. He is a leading figure of the new perennial movement his designs and plant compositions using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower colour. Spending time with piet was especially fun for john hoffman.
Photographs of oudolfs garden before he went to america show hedges clipped into waves or used as center pieces within the garden, and theres a lot of lawn. With a new planting style and meticulous attention detail to the plants, oudolf has forged the ability to break the rules when his eye finds it necessary to do so. Piet oudolf will design a new planting plan for humboldt parks historic jens jensen formal garden. He missed spontaneity and wanted to create what he described as a. Whilst the garden is signposted, people cant always find the garden in this 200 hectare park. Piet oudolf s wild ambition the snowcrushed garden plays a critical part in oudolf s work as a living laboratory where he has tended and studied thousands of different plants to see how they. They will discuss plants and plant combinations, before going inside to piet s studio to look at planting plans and some pictures. A new perspective these documents give a rare insight in the designs of piet oudolf. Line park will feature an enclosed amphitheatre filled with plants. Here i have listed some of his favourites with links to buy in the shoot. Plants that sprout far from their original location, for instance, are allowed to thrive rather than being ripped out, which enhances a freeandeasy. Suitable for both beginners and design professionals, the course includes a video tour of oudolf. Piet oudolf is a worldfamous garden designer, nurseryman and writer.
Piet oudolf lists his definitive top100 musthave plants. Some of piets top mediumlength season plants includes acanthus spinosus spiny bears breeches and rudbeckia subtomentosa sweet coneflower. We are thrilled to have such a renowned garden designer lend his creative talents and thoughtful. The idea of layers is to help the eye read the confusion of leaves and. Perennial meadow planting, a detailed, practical course covering all aspects of this planting style. Learn planting, the piet oudolf way gardening learning. Piet oudolf s naturalistic planting style fits in superbly with the unstructured urban environment. There are few plant design books that cover mysticism in the garden, but piet oudolf manages to tap into every aspect of designing with plants. Piet oudolfs new garden book, plantings architectural digest. Piet oudolf is a living legend and a true master of garden and planting design. His skills lie in creating incredibly intricate wildstyle perennial plantings that are experiential, dynamic, structured, vibrant and beautiful not only during their period of bloom, but throughout every season of the year. Piet oudolf and noel kingsbury did an excellent job.
Flowering perennials and lowgrowing plants that spill over the edge of a path form other layers. These retain their interest for at least three months because of their foliage and flowers, structure and seedheads. He layers perennial plants with grasses by the thousands, and the result is a progression of life that flows between the spaces in a plant bed, between the edges of time and, most powerfully, between the contours of our imagination. This is a study of piet oudolf s new wave planting theory and practice. Oct, 2009 piet oudolf s gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with an approach to gardening that emphasizes form, texture, light, movement, and color. Piet oudolf, the genius changing the face of urban gardening. By noel kingsbury in april 2011, a visit to piet and anja oudolfs home was an unexpected opportunity for me to watch the couple lay out a new section of garden. A wild idea the gardens of piet oudolf rooting for ideas. Oudolf s inspired design infused the landscape with 1 species of native grasses and flowering perennials that hold yearround interest at the tip of manhattan. They will discuss plants and plant combinations, before going inside to piets studio to look at planting plans and some pictures of the garden at hummelo at different times of year. A longtime exhibitor at the venice biennale, piet oudolf has raised his profile in recent years, designing standout projects like new york citys high line. Designing with plants is both inspirational and instructivean informative and visually breathtaking study that shows readers how to create the same effects in their gardens.
Designing with plants is both inspirational and instructive an informative and visually breathtaking study that shows readers how to create the same effects in their gardens. Here are 10 of piet oudolfs best ideas to steal for your own garden. May, 20 piet oudolf is probably best known in the us as the plant designer for the high line park, an abandoned elevated railway turned into a park in new york city. Im a big piet oudolf fan myself and have a small section of my garden that i lifted directly from one of his planting designs in designing with plants. Sep 01, 1999 piet oudolf s gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with an approach to gardening that emphasizes form, texture, light, movement, and color. A new gardenhis ownmarks the next step in piet oudolfs constantly evolving creative journey. We caught up with him after the publication of his newest book, landscapes in landscapes monacelli press, a retrospective of public and. The use of native plants on a much larger scale than usual and the many grasses he is using took. Blog on the planting design for the highline garden high line blog. Rhs how to plant a garden and dream plants for the natural garden 2. The highly structured natural landscapes of piet oudolf. Piet oudolf s new garden book, plantings the dutch landscape designer on his new book and an essential but often overlooked ingredient in gardeningchance by mitchell owen s. See more ideas about garden design, landscape design and plant design.
He designed the high line with plant communities in mind, using primarily native, resilient, and lowmaintenance plants that provide great diversity, seasonal change, and height and color variation. Since 1982, he has lived and worked in hummelo, a tiny village in east netherlands, where he started a nursery with his wife anja, to grow perennials. My last post on this topic introduced them as plantsmen and people. Its important that they create diversity, that they work well together, that they create life and attract birds, bees, and butterflies. Piet oudolfs gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with.
Piet s garden design and plant plan, and ordering the plants. My real involvement and experience with plants started when we moved in 1982 to hummelo, a tiny village in the eastern part of the netherlands. By the author of gardening with grasses, and the author of the new perennial garden. Piet oudolf, who is based in the netherlands, is the number one public garden designer in the world. Piet oudolf garden design course learning with experts. Piet oudolf is not so much a garden designer as a plant artist. So take a page from piet oudolf s design book, and try these great grasses for yourself. Piet oudolf is an influential dutch garden designer, plant nursery man and author. His garden has since become renowned for its radical approach and ideas about planting design.
Diblik is a designer and nurseryman best known for supplying the extraordinary perennialsaround 26,000 plants in allfor dutch designer piet oudolfs inspiring lurie garden at millennium park in downtown chicago. Noel kingsbury is a gardener and writer who has been the primary promoter of oudolfs work and what has come to be called naturalistic gardening or the new style. Johns travels through europe early in his career, including visits with piet, shaped his love for grasses. Photography via hummelo, courtesy of the monacelli press. One of his design strategies is to include many plants that bloom late and look good as they go to seed. You are therefore advised to check the location beforehand and take directions with you. Inspiration from piet oudolfs own gardens at hummelo. His distinctive style a thoughtful evocation of nature that emphasizes the form, texture and natural harmony of plants is the result of more than three decades. John was happy to see many hoffman nursery favorites among the garden plants. Piet oudolf where ecology meets design ecology global.
Apr 07, 2018 reading them, you learn that signature oudolf style calls for drifts of grasses, perfectly appropriate perennials, and garden beds that look beautiful even in the depths of winter. Gardens inspired by nature gardening gone wild interview. May 02, 2017 piet oudolf will design a new planting plan for humboldt parks historic jens jensen formal garden. As spring takes hold, sparking thoughts of budding plants and new life, we explore how one of the worlds preeminent landscape designers approaches creating a garden. He has recently been awarded an honorary fellowship by the royal institute of british architects. Gardens of the high line, by piet oudolf and rick darke, offers an indepth view into the planting designs, plant palette, and maintenance of this landmark achievement. Piet oudolf, leader of the new perennials the independent. Piet oudolf s gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with an approach to gardening that emphasizes form, texture, light, movement, and color. The result is a garden that looks just as appealing in fall and winter as it does in spring and summer. Early in the process, i was doubly fortunate to get advice on my plans from two maestros of modern planting design, piet oudolf and roy diblik. How landscape designer piet oudolf captures natures. Designer piet oudolf selected to revive historic jens jensen.
We enrolled in piet oudolf s course to see if distance learning is as good as the real thing. Planting the piet oudolf way is a perfect companion to planting design with perennials taught by noel kingsbury where you can learn the more technical detail of piets signature style, using plants that are predictable and longlived. Piet oudolf was born in 1944 in haarlem, netherlands. Designing with plants oudolf, piet, kingsbury, noel on. The gardens of piet oudolf, a leading figure in plant structure design particularly renowned for his urban gardens, including high line in new york. Piet oudolf and his newwave planting style may be the most innovative approach to gardening today, but this dutch garden designer and nurseryman is no trendy flash in the pan. Piet oudolf creates rooftop garden for new york condo building. A new perspective ebook written by piet oudolf, noel kingsbury. Five great grasses from the oudolf garden hoffman nursery.
He is a leading figure of the new perennial or new wave planting movement, using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower colour. They are the tools to express myself while designing landscape and gardens. If the world of gardening has rock stars, piet oudolf qualifies as mick jagger, david bowie, and prince rolled into one. He delivers them in the unhurried cadence of snls jack handey but without the satirical bent. Designer piet oudolf selected to revive historic jens. Oudolf is familiar with chicago as he recently designed the lurie garden at millennium park. It reveals a fourseason garden that is filled with native and exotic plants, droughttolerant perennials, and grasses that thrive and spread. From the october 2017 issue of landscape architecture magazine just upstream and across the river thames from the long, neogothic bulk of the palace of westminster, which contains the houses of parliament and the tower that contains the bell big ben, are two venerable buildings that have been added to since the middle ages. Breaking the design code behind piet oudolfs entry garden walk. Considered a renegade in the landscape industry, the dutch nurseryman piet oudolf has revolutionized the way perennial gardens are designed and viewed in landscapes today.
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