Piet Oudolf, one of world''s most visionary and influential landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the New Perennial planting movement. This glorious full-colour volume features twenty-three of Oudolf''s most beautiful public and private gardens. Noel Kingsbury''s accessible text places Oudolf''s work in context, and explains how each garden and the plants selected for it fit the specific environment, while Oudolf''s detailed plans provide inspiration and insight for all those interested in small personal gardens and the design of large-scale public landscapes alike.

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Piet Oudolf is one of the most distinguished landscape designers in the world today. He was the recipient of the Gold Medal and the title of 'Best in Show' at the Chelsea Flower Show 2000, the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society for 2002 and many other awards. He is the author of Designing with Plants, Planting the Natural Garden and Piet Oudolf: Landscapes in Landscapes, among other volumes.

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Piet Oudolf, one of world's most visionary and influential landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the New Perennial planting movement. This glorious full-colour volume features twenty-three of Oudolf's most beautiful public and private gardens. Noël Kingsbury's accessible text places Oudolf's work in context, and explains how each garden and the plants selected for it fit the specific environment, while Oudolf's detailed plans provide inspiration and insight for all those interested in small personal gardens and the design of large-scale public landscapes alike.

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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