As they obviously know each other well it made for an interesting insight into how he works and who the support team is.Ī late starter, well in his 20’s that is he seems to have thrown himself and his family into the plan & garden design industry lock stock and smoking barrels. Piet and Anja were interviewed by Noel Kingsbury who has been working with them since the 1990’s or was that the 1980’s? and Tania Compton. I say hovers as it seems to be firmly but temporarily installed within the old church structure.
The Museum itself hovers within an old church building just opposite the river and Lambeth Palace – yes the home of the current Arch Bishop – is next door. I am now notionally a ‘Country Friend’ which childishly gives me even more pleasure! As a result they managed to persuade an extra talk out of the Oudolfs for ‘members only’. All talks were booked out within 24 hours of this article, one wonders if indeed they booked out before then too. Garden Museum are hosting an exhibition called The Dutch Wave at their premises in Lambeth Palace Road, just opposite the houses of Parliament. Ok only legendary if you’re a gardener or garden designer I suppose but nevertheless BOTH worth noting even if you’re not! He has over twenty-five books to his name, including five together with Piet Oudolf.Sifting through a friends copy of the Saturday Telegraph some weeks ago I came across an article flaunting talks with legendary Piet Oudolf and Tom Stuart Smith. He regularly gives lectures and workshops and in his work advocates a natural and sustainable approach to garden design and planting.
Noel Kingsbury is a journalist and garden designer. This new edition has been expanded with recent projects in England, America, Germany and the Netherlands. It also gives a good picture of Oudolf’s road to world fame. This book describes the changing view on planting of gardens and public spaces over the past thirty-five years, on the basis of the garden and former nursery that Piet Oudolf built together with his wife Anja. Knowledge and experience that he applies in his world famous projects, such as the High Line in New York, and the “Oudolf Field” at the art gallery of Hauser & amp Wirth in Somerset. The combination of nursery and garden formed the basis of Oudolf’s unparalleled knowledge of plants and of his ability to experiment and innovate. The garden and former nursery of Piet and Anja Oudolf in Hummelo, Gelderland, were a household name, and almost a place of pilgrimage, for the many international admirers of the garden and landscape architect.
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