Inspired, i began exploring and experimenting with piets design matrix, methods and planting palette, in. A new perspective ebook written by piet oudolf, noel kingsbury. 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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The day i saw it, the entry garden walk had been newly planted and the perennial beds looked like an immense puzzle, with each plant poking up its head like a clue. Oudolf is best known for designing schemes of p erennial plants and grasses that focus on the way that plants relate to each other throughout the year. The difference between the two is structure plants provide clear visual interest until autumn at least and filler plants are only used for flower or foliage color, becoming formless or even untidy after. The group spent time meandering and talking with piet. T he dutch designer piet oudolf began his particular journey when he planted up his garden at hummelo, in the netherlands, in 1981. A designer must consider the different characteristics plants provide in order to create a palette that portrays each of these. See more ideas about landscape, garden design and garden inspiration.
Oudolf is based in the netherlands, but has designed gardens around the world, including more recently the. Designing with plants by piet oudolf and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. Piets harmonious plant compositions will dazzle, envigorate, and alternatively, calm any gardener who follows his lead with garden design. Plants that sprout far from their original location, for instance, are allowed to thrive rather than being ripped out, which enhances a freeandeasy. Piet oudolf lists his definitive top100 musthave plants.
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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A new perspective these documents give a rare insight in the designs of piet oudolf. 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. Piet oudolf is the dutch garden designer, who has achieved international fame with his prairie style influenced garden design. Piet oudolf, leader of the new perennials the independent. Film explores piet oudolf garden design process garden. Perennial meadow planting, a detailed, practical course covering all aspects of this planting style. He can be largely credited with introducing dutch designer piet oudolf to the english speaking world.
Piet oudolf with noel kingsbury designing with plants pg. Piet and he have now collaborated on a total of four books, including designing with plants, planting design. He is an internationallyrenowned landscape designer from the netherlands. Individual plants are used as harmonious elements in luxuriant and atmospheric plantings. Piet and he have now collaborated on a total of four books including designing with plants, and planting design. Learn planting, the piet oudolf way gardening learning. Nov 8, 2017 natural landscapes a very painterly way of planting a landscape. Designing with plants by piet oudolf in designing with plants, oudolf discusses the sense of balance and harmony that plants are capable of bringing into a space.
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. The gardens of piet oudolf, immerses viewers in oudolfs work and explores his creative process, from his beautifully abstract sketches, to theories on beauty, to the ecological implications of his ideas. When worldrenowned garden designer piet oudolf began working on new yorks high line along with james corners field. Roy is author of the know maintenance perennial garden, a simplified approach that promotes use of hardy, beautiful plants that are complementary and thrive together as a community. Piet oudolf,noel kingsbury published on 20091102 by conran octopus piet oudolfs gardens excite the senses and stir the emotions. Piet oudolfs naturalistic planting style fits in superbly with the unstructured urban environment. Landscapes in landscapes in 2011 and the latest book, planting. Echinacea, eupatorium, lavatera, lobelia, monarda, persicaria, phlomis, phlox. Piet oudolf is an influential dutch designer of gardens renowned for his work at prominent sites like new yorks high line and lurie garden in chicagos. 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. Gold medal and best of show at the chelsea flower show in london. 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. The know maintenance perennial garden roy diblik 2014, timber press. During his slide presentation, he reminded, create the spontaneous feeling of plants in nature recreate the emotion.
Rewarding portrait of piet oudolf, a dutch designer of. Butterflies are happy in a sunny garden to warm up their body and wings. 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. The garden at voorlinden needed to look spectacular for the opening of the museum and for this piet had to adopt a different approach. He is a leading figure of the new perennial movement, using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower colour. Piet oudolf born 27 october 1944, haarlem is an influential dutch garden designer, nurseryman and author. A wild idea the gardens of piet oudolf rooting for ideas. Five great grasses from the oudolf garden hoffman nursery. Piets home garden in the netherlands illustrates the integral role that grasses play in his designs. Dutch garden designer piet oudolf, a leader in the new perennial movement known for his design of chicagos lurie gardens and new york citys elevated high line park and, among others, describes matrix planting as a method where a single species or handful of species dominates the planting, forming a matrix into which other plants are. Piet oudolf has 21 books on goodreads with 2317 ratings.
Here i have listed some of his favourites with links to buy in the shoot. They need flowers where they can collect nectar and they are particularly attracted to pink and purple flowering plants that provide scented nectarrich flowers. Piet oudolf creates rooftop garden for new york condo building. This august, john and jill hoffman, along with their son, david, visited the oudolf garden. Landscape designer piet oudolfs new book oudolf says perennials fall into two categories.
Piet oudolfs gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with an approach to gardening that emphasizes form, texture, light, movement, and color. Dutch garden designer piet oudolf, known for large public projects like new yorks high line, has completed a project much smaller. Dutch plantsman and designer piet oudolf was a featured speaker. He is best known as the plantsman behind piet oudolfs midwestern garden designs, including the lurie garden at millennium park in chicago. Landscapes in landscapes, and the latest book, planting. Oudolf has received many high profile commissions around the world, including. Piet oudolf garden design course learning with experts. 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.
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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read planting. Piet oudolf is the founder of the company future plants, a company that focuses on selecting, growing, breeding and protection of plants that are useful and have all the necessary qualities for landscaping and public parks. Written in collaboration with noel kingsbury, designing with plants is an informative and visually breathtaking study of piet oudolfs planting theory and practice, and it provides all the advice necessary to create the same effects in your own garden. 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. Designing with plants hardcover august 31, 1999 by piet oudolf author visit amazons piet oudolf page. If the world of gardening has rock stars, piet oudolf qualifies as mick jagger, david bowie, and prince rolled into one. Piet oudolfs plant list design from museum voorlinden. About piet oudolf piet oudolf was born in 1944 in haarlem, netherlands. Oudolf and kingsbury stated that, the planting palette is about form, structure, shape and texture 52. 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. A garden designer and plant breeder, oudolf designs gardens that use perennials exclusively, eschewing the current trend toward highmaintenance mixed borders of perennials, annuals, and shrubs.