| Description |
280 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Herfst Garden, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Kloos Garden, Voorschoten, The Netherlands -- Hesmerg Garden, Sneek, The Netherlands -- Oudolf Office, Hummelo, The Netherlands -- Vermeer Garden, Barcelona, Spain -- Thews Garden, Fauluck, Germany -- Mahlerplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Center for Rheumatism and Rehabilitation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Bury Court, Surrey, England -- Boon Garden, Oostzaan, The Netherlands -- Potters Fields Park, London, England -- Berne Park, Bottrop, Germany -- Witteveen Garden, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Wisley, Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Surrey, England -- Dream Park, Enkoping, Sweden -- Gruflicher Park, Bad Driburg, Germany -- Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England -- County Cork Garden, Ireland -- Hof van Saksen, Rolde, The Netherlands -- Riverside Residence, Bonn, Germany -- Skorholmen Park, Stockholm, Sweden -- Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois -- Oudolf Garden, Hummelo, The Netherlands -- The High Line, New York, New York -- Battery Park, New York, New York -- Trentham Estate, Staffordshire, England -- Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire, England -- Nantucket Garden, Massachusetts |
| Summary |
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. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches to gardening that rely on short-lived bursts of color and constant maintenance and shows the delights of working with versatile, expressive perennials to create lasting, ecologically sound panoramas that relate to the greater landscape and the shifting seasons |
|
Insightful, accessible text by gardening author Noel Kingsbury places Ou dolf's work in context and 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 small personal gardens and the design of large-scale public landscapes alike. --Book Jacket |
|
This glorious full-color 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; the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park in Chicago; Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in Surrey, England; the Pensthorpe Nature Reserve and Gardens in Norfolk, England; the Trentham Estate in Staffordshire, England; II Gardino delle Vergini at the 2010 Venice Biennale; the Dream Park in Enkoping, Sweden; and his own perpetually evolving garden in Hummelo, The Netherlands |
| Subject |
Gardens -- Europe -- Pictorial works.
|
|
Gardens -- United States -- Pictorial works.
|
| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
|
| Author |
Kingsbury, Noël.
|
| LC no. |
2010024751 |
| ISBN |
1580932924 |
|
9781580932929 (paperback) |
|
