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Planting Design Tips from Piet Oudolf

Planting Design Tips from Piet Oudolf

The Picasso of Planting Design

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Jan Johnsen
Jul 20, 2022
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The summer flowers at Vlinderhof, a botanical garden designed by Piet Oudolf in the Netherlands. Shown are ‘Fatal Attraction’ coneflower, blue skullcap (Scuttellaria incana), orange ‘Moorheim Beauty’ helenium, and puffy joe-pye weed, on the right. Photo by Laura McKillop.

“My biggest inspiration is nature.

I do not want to copy it but to recreate the emotion.”

— PIET OUDOLF

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