As Oudolf says “I try to create nature as you would wish to see it” – it’s a controlled, edited and maintained version of nature, which gives the impression of the wild. The big misconception about naturalistic meadow planting is that it is not a simple replica of nature that you can just abandon to do its thing, but a stylised and contrived rendering of it. Thanks to this, naturalistic gardens look good well beyond the traditional late-Spring -Autumn window, and in fact often look their best in the depths of winter.īut how to recreate it at home? Well the clue as it turns out, is not in the title. Swathes and large groupings of long-flowering perennials and grasses, naturalistic shapes and lines (no rectilinear symmetry here), an abundance of colour and variety of form and an appreciation for plants long past their flowering “best” are some of the hallmarks of this style of planting. But it was Piet Oudolf who has transformed this yearning for the wild into a widely recognised style, one which has arguably been the defining characteristic of contemporary garden design over the last 20 years. In defiance of an increasingly industrialised landscape, garden-making has steadily become more conscious of the vitality and importance of wilder and naturalistic landscapes as they disappear in an ever-more urban world. He is best known for his work on the High Line and Battery Park in New York, the Lurie Garden in Chicago's Millennium Park, and Potters Fields in London.The Piet Oudolf field at Hauser & Wirth in Somerset is the much-photographed and universally adored example of a style of planting that has been gathering momentum since the Victorian era. Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (Feather Reed Grass) The large, open areas of the garden are punctuated by plantings of Feather Reed Grass and Joe Pye Weed. Oudolf's extensive work over 30 years of practice includes public and private gardens all over the world. Piet Oudolf is among the world's 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. Also included are plant lists and instructions for placing specific plants in particular habitats, as well as complete growing requirements. It includes hundreds of eye-catching plant combinations, with an emphasis on the use of themed plantings that create mood and evoke emotion. Packed with plant information, new photography, and an introduction from Noel Kingsbury. Fans of Piet Oudolf will delight in this revised edition of Planting the Natural Garden. Since then, Piet Oudolf has become one of the most iconic and groundbreaking designers of our time, responsible for some of the world’s most important gardens, including the High Line, the Lurie Garden, the Battery, and Pottersfield.
When it was first published, Planting the Natural Garden-the first book by Piet Oufolf-heralded the start of the now immensely popular New Perennial Movement. Fans of Piet Oudolf will revel in this updated edition of the book that helped launch his career.
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