Main entry:

Oudolf, Piet, author.

Title & Author:

Oudolf : Hummelo : a journey through a plantsman's life / Piet Oudolf, Noel Kingsbury.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[New York] : The Monacelli Press, [2015]

Description:

399 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hummelo, the beginning. The garden: taking the first steps -- Mien Ruys -- Dutch gardening goes rural -- Revival in the north -- Rob Leopold: philosopher-gardener -- Combing thw nurseries -- Karl Foerster -- Ernst Pagels -- Meeting a kindred spirit -- Henk Gerritsen -- Open days: a new way of meeting -- Anja's favorites -- Becoming known. Collecting I -- INternational contacts -- Promoting a vision -- The garden takes shape -- Attracting the public's attention -- Clipping -- Perennial perspectives -- Sweden: the turning point -- Grasses -- Breeding new plants -- Public commissions -- Piet as photographer -- The plant palette -- Wilder and wilder -- Accolades in England -- Blending and intermingling -- Crossing the Atlantic. Chicago's Lurie Graden: the first North American project -- Scatter plants -- Working with North American plants -- Maintenance from a distance -- Restrictions suggest creative solutions -- Twenty years of progress -- Spreading ideas -- The Battery -- Unique attributes -- The Trenthan Estate: an English labyrinth -- Block planting -- Changes in the garden at Hummelo -- Further international commissions -- Collecting II -- Evolving ideas -- Borders -- The High Line -- Planting in layers -- Projects in Germany -- Graphic styling -- Making connections with architecture and art -- Matrix planting -- New perspectives on design and plant use -- Acclaim -- Hummelo: beyond design.

Summary:

Over the course of his thirty-year career, Piet Oudolf has constructed dozens of private, corporate, and public gardens throughout the world, including the celebrated High Line in NYC, Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago, and temporary installations for the Venice Biennale and the Serpentine Gallery pavillion. This book presents an overview of Oudolf's career, providing detailed insight into how his beloved naturalistic aesthetic, based heavily on the use of perennial plants. -- Source other than Library of Congress.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781580934183 (hardcover)
1580934188 (hardcover)

Subject:

Oudolf, Piet.
Oudolf, Piet 1944-
Gardeners Netherlands.
Gardens Netherlands Hummelo.
Natural gardens Pictorial works.
Planting design.
Gardens Design.
Jardiniers Pays-Bas.
Jardins naturels Ouvrages illustrés.
Aménagement végétal.
Jardins Architecture.
landscape gardening.
Gardeners.
Gardens.
Natural gardens.
Pflanzung
Landschaftsarchitektur
Garten
Plants, Ornamental
Netherlands.
Netherlands Hummelo.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Kingsbury, Noël, author.
Kingsbury, Noël

Hummelo : a journey through a plantsman's life
Journey through a plantsman's life

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289562
Call No.: BIB 232118
Status: Available