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Planting a new Piet Oudolf Garden

Planting a new Piet Oudolf Garden

Garden Design, Garden Update, Piet Oudolf

The Oudolf Garden Detriot is the newest public Piet Oudolf project in the United States. As this site comes to life there is a renewed appreciation for the work, investment, […]

The Challenges and Rewards of Mapping the Naturalistic Garden

The Challenges and Rewards of Mapping the Naturalistic Garden

Design Narrative, Ecological Horticulture, Garden Design, Garden Design Elements, Garden Management, Garden Update, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, How-To Lurie Garden, Lurie Garden's Story, Piet Oudolf, Pollinators

Maps that are rich in detail help us communicate the complexity and evolution of our dynamic garden. Lurie Garden is intended to be an ever-changing, dynamic planting. The evolving relationships […]

How to Maintain the Initial Vision of a Landscape in the Midst of its Evolution

How to Maintain the Initial Vision of a Landscape in the Midst of its Evolution

Climate Change, Design Narrative, Ecological Horticulture, Garden Management, Garden Update, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Landscape Architecture, Lurie Garden's Story, Piet Oudolf

The initial vision of a constructed space can be maintained as it evolves if the original creators remain involved to help steer changes. Landscapes in public spaces evolve through multiple influences. […]

Breaking Ground: The Influence of Piet Oudolf’s Perennial Gardens

Breaking Ground: The Influence of Piet Oudolf’s Perennial Gardens

Ecological Horticulture, Garden Design Elements, Garden Management, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Landscape Architecture, Lurie Garden's Story, Piet Oudolf

When one enters Chicago’s Lurie Garden or New York’s High Line, it is clear these are not traditionally cultivated gardens, nor are they prairies, woodlands, or meadows, where composition is […]

Successful Design is Inspired by a Site’s History and Conditions

Successful Design is Inspired by a Site’s History and Conditions

Chicago History, Design Narrative, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Lurie Garden's Story, Piet Oudolf

For a landscape architect, “unique design” and “rare and unusual” are both, ideally, natural outcomes on any site – but only if a design team can successfully allow the rich […]

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