A major monograph on the Dutch garden designer featuring his gardens and the largest
collection of his drawings ever published Step into a Piet Oudolf garden and you are
transported into a dreamlike meadowscape filled with perennials seasonal color and texture.
Made in close collaboration with Oudolf this book showcases gardens throughout his career and
across the globe - from New York's acclaimed High Line to the newly planted Vitra Campus in
Germany. The book offers fresh insight into the work and creative practice of Oudolf both from
a horticultural and artistic perspective showcasing high-profile and lesser-known gardens
including Chicago's Lurie Garden Hauser & Wirth Somerset and Menorca Venice Biennale Singer
Museum Belle Isle in Detroit Noma and others. It offers unprecedented insight into his
design process working methods and inspirations and features original sketches and drawings
- many of which are published here for the first time. This major new monograph is significant
not only for its breadth and the largest collection of Oudolf's drawings ever published but
also for its inclusion of brand-new work together with newly commissioned essays that place
his work in context and offer fresh perspective on his career and significance. The book also
includes gatefolds and tip-ins to explain key designs.
