PIET OUDOLF: LANDSCAPES IN LANDSCAPES

The first monograph on the Dutch landscape gardener Piet Oudolf

A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden and landscape designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Perennials – prized for their beauty throughout their life cycle – are used almost exclusively.

Oudolf challenges conventional approaches to gardening that rely on short-lived bursts of colour and constant maintenance and shows the delights of creating lasting, ecologically sound panoramas that relate to the landscape and the seasons.

This glorious full-colour volume features twenty-three of Oudolf's most beautiful public and private gardens, including the widely acclaimed High Line and the Battery in New York City; Wisley, the RHS Garden in Surrey; the Pensthorpe Gardens in Norfolk; the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park in Chicago and Il Giardino delle Vergini at the 2010 Venice Biennale.

Noël Kingsbury's accessible text explains how each garden and the plants selected for it fit the specific environment. Oudolf's detailed plans provide inspiration and insight for all interested in both small personal gardens and large-scale public landscapes.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Robert Hammond • Hesmerg Garden, Sneek, The Netherlands 350m2 • Barcelona Garden, Barcelona, Spain 1,000m2 • Thews Garden, Fauluck, Germany 1,200m2 • Il Giardino delle Vergini, Venice, Italy 2,000m2 • Bury Court, Surrey, England 2,000m2 • Boon Garden, Oost zaan, The Netherlands 2,500m2 • Potters Fields Park, London, England 2,500m2 • Berne Park, Bottrop, Germany 3,000m • Witteveen Garden, Rotterdam,The Netherlands 3,000m2 • Wisley, Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Surrey, England 3,400m2 • 84 Dream Park, Enköping, Sweden 4,000m2 • Gräfl icher Park, Bad Driburg, Germany 4,500m2 • Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England 4,500m2 • County Cork Garden, Ireland 5,500m2 • Riverside Residence, Bonn, Germany 6,000m2 • Skärholmen Park, Stockholm, Sweden 8,000m2 • Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois 10,000m2 • Oudolf Garden, Hummelo, The Netherlands 10,000m2 •The High Line, New York, New York 11,000m2 • The Battery, New York, New York 11,500m2 • Trentham Estate, Staffordshire, England 12,300m2 • Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire, England 15,000m2 • Nantucket Garden, Massachusetts 25,000m2