His gardens intrigue me and his design aesthetic influences my work. April 28, 20 an article on april 14 about the dutch designer piet oudolf, who is responsible for the planting at various public projects, omitted the name of one of the principal firms that designed the new york high line. The dutch landscape designer on his new book and an essential but often overlooked ingredient. 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. Follow piet oudolf and explore their bibliography from s piet oudolf author page. Stay up to date with news from the piet oudolf collection.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. A journey through a plantsmans life, a gift to all serious lovers of garden design. Designing with plants by piet oudolf and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Gardening with grasses 1998 with michael king and beth chatto. His farmhouse in hummelo, a village in the eastern netherlands, was the modest beginning of a nursery.
Piet oudolf designed the perennial plant design of lurie garden. 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. Wilhelmina jacoba moussaultruys 14 february 1904 9 january 1999, was a dutch landscape and garden architect. For a landscape architect, unique design and rare and unusual are both, ideally, natural outcomes on any site but only if a design team can successfully allow the rich history and conditions of the site to drive the design process. Designer piet oudolf selected to revive historic jens jensen. A new perspective these documents give a rare insight in the designs of piet oudolf. Planting the natural garden piet oudolf, henk gerritsen english book. Oudolf is familiar with chicago as he recently designed the lurie garden at millennium park.
No artful hedge has ever been created by my hands, thougha fact that feels all the more lamentable after watching sean conways video tour above of designer and nurseryman piet oudolf. Ill be your point of contact leading up to the trip and throughout the tour. Piet oudolfs new garden book, plantings architectural. Piet oudolf ranks among the greats, and his coauthor noel kingsbury is his prophet. May 02, 2017 piet oudolf will design a new planting plan for humboldt parks historic jens jensen formal garden. 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. Piet oudolf is an influential dutch garden and landscape designer at the forefront of the new perennial movement and the author of numerous books on gardening.
Piet oudolfs gardens excite the senses and stir emotion with an approach to gardening that emphasizes form, texture, light, movement, and color. Piet oudolfs new garden book, plantings architectural digest. Piet oudolf, leader of the new perennials the independent. Dec 28, 2010 no artful hedge has ever been created by my hands, thougha fact that feels all the more lamentable after watching sean conways video tour above of designer and nurseryman piet oudolfs garden in the netherlands. A public and convalescence garden at the reumaverpleeghuis in rotterdam. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Piet oudolfs millennium garden at pensthorpe creating. Following on the success of designing with plants and dream plants for the natural garden, piet oudolfs landmark first book coauthored by henk gerritsen. Much like fran sorin as she noted in her fabulous three part interview last month, i am a huge fan of oudolf s unique style. We are thrilled to have such a renowned garden designer lend his creative talents and thoughtful. A detailed directory with details like each plants life expectancy, the persistence of its seedheads, its tendency to spread, and propensity to selfseed, this book is a. He is a leading figure of the new perennial mvement, using bold drifts of herbaceous perennial plants and grasses which are chosen for their structure as much as for their flower color. Tuin van piet en anja oudolf in hummelo, juli 2017. Im looking forward to being your host and sharing with you my love of gardens and design this tour season. But it is not a biography, stresses the author, noel. Hummelo is the nursery and concept garden of piet and anja oudolf in the gelderland and is almost a place of pilgrimage for many international admirers of the garden and landscape designer. For a landscape architect, unique design and rare and unusual are both, ideally, natural outcomes on any site but only if a design team can successfully allow the rich history and conditions of. Oktober 1944 in haarlem ist ein niederlandischer landschaftsgartner.
Much like fran sorin as she noted in her fabulous three part interview last month, i am a huge fan of oudolfs unique style. Piet oudolf, one of worlds most visionary and influential landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the new perennial planting movement. But it is not a biography, stresses the author, noel kingsbury. Do not sell my personal information architectural digest may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our. Though the title page of the book includes the phrase, a journey through a plantsmans life, youd be hardpressed to find a serious gardener these days who doesnt recognize the name of piet oudolf, the most famous gardener working in the world today, and his equally famous home. Piet oudolf will design a new planting plan for humboldt parks historic jens jensen formal garden. A year ago i was in hummelo, the netherlands visiting piet and anja oudolfs garden. Piet oudolf is among the worlds most innovative garden designers and a leading exponent of naturalistic planting, a style that takes inspiration from nature but employs artistic skill in creating planting schemes. Please follow the below link to piet oudolf for details of opening times. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as cds or access codes. Hummelo, piet oudolf noel kingsbury shop online for. 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. Even though some old favorites appear among the selections, i have included the entire list with the hope that it might get you to try out something new this season. Discover book depositorys huge selection of piet oudolf books online.
Months before i arrived, i knew i would be in the netherlands in april 2012 to visit the floriade the once every decade international horticultural event and that i had one day, april 22, that i was free to travel from amsterdam to hummelo. A journey through a plantsmans life recounts his path from a smallgarden designer in the netherlands to a worldrenowned plantsman, best known for his breathtaking perennial landscapes. Hummel book, first edition abebooks passion for books. Apr 30, 20 piet oudolfs new garden book, plantings. Piet oudolfs new wave leader of the new perennial movement, designer piet oudolf is a pioneer of the growing trend for experimental landscapes. 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. Piet oudolf is an influential dutch garden designer, plant nursery man and author. For all lovers of this most quintessential garden that galvanized an entire movement in. A brilliant book about the garden and work 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. Apr 28, 2015 though the title page of the book includes the phrase, a journey through a plantsmans life, youd be hardpressed to find a serious gardener these days who doesnt recognize the name of piet oudolf, the most famous gardener working in the world today, and his equally famous home. The book design by dutch artist irma boom turns this into something. A publishers weekly best book of the year to mark his 70th birthday, piet oudolf, the dutch prince of a new, highly artistic style of planting, produced a handsome, lavishly photographed book, hummelo. Her gardening legacy is maintained in the dutch town of dedemsvaart, which is home to the tuinen mien ruys.
Landscape designer piet oudolfs new book michelle slatalla may 5, 2015 to celebrate the 70th birthday of dutch plantsman piet oudolfwhose romantic drifts of painterly grasses and perennials have made him the most copied landscape designer alive the monacelli press is publishing a new book about his private garden. Do not sell my personal information architectural digest may earn a portion of sales from products that. Explore books by piet oudolf with our selection at. Sep 24, 2017 tuin van piet en anja oudolf in hummelo, juli 2017. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The lurie garden with piet oudolf directed by tom rossiter. Piet oudolf is een internationaal bekende nederlandse tuinarchitect. The highly structured natural landscapes of piet oudolf audio video slideshow. This is the private garden of a renowned author and planting designer. Described on the website as one of the most inspirational gardens in norfolk, the millennium garden offers an acre of floral delights, creating a lush tapestry of colour and texture.
A featurelength documentary on piet oudolf by thomas piper. Designer piet oudolf selected to revive historic jens. This glorious fullcolour volume features twentythree of oudolfs most beautiful public and private gardens. T he list of the 100 musthave garden plants, chosen by people like dan pearson, piet oudolf, fergus garrett and others, has just arrived here with my latest copy of gardens illustrated. Seemann, margarete and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Oudolf s extensive work over 30 years of practice includes public and private gardens all over the world. 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. A new gardenhis ownmarks the next step in piet oudolfs constantly evolving creative journey. This glorious fullcolour volume features twentythree of oudolf s most beautiful public and private gardens. Apr 23, 20 a year ago i was in hummelo, the netherlands visiting piet and anja oudolfs garden. After nearly 40 years of welcoming the world through its gates, the private garden of piet and anja oudolf at hummelo will close to the public for good at the end of this month. A stunning cascade of mixed perennials and grasses, designed by the renowned plantsman piet oudolf, the bold, colourful drifts and the naturalistic planting style make. 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.
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