Detroit’s vibrant garden scene blossoms in the late spring with the Garden Conservancy’s Detroit Garden Weekend, a three-day celebration, June 13-15, that invites garden lovers to immerse themselves in horticulture and landscape design.
Source: Detroit Garden Weekend: Enjoy a Curated Mix of Unique Programs in Michigan | The Garden Conservancy
Oudolf Garden Detroit will be hosting a series of virtual public lectures over the next few weeks presenting different aspects of the Garden.
Recordings of previous Lectures will be posted to this page soon.
February 24, 2025 6:30PM
The Technology of Oudolf Garden Detroit
Duncan Campbell, Sean Loos and Chuck Milligan
Join us for a tour of the behind the scenes technology that supported the planting and supports the ongoing management of Oudolf Garden Detroit. We will explore the geographic information system (GIS) database system that not only tracks plants, trees and scrubs but also maps infrastructure, irrigation and plant growth patterns and water usage. See our plants grow before your eyes with our drone imagery.
March 10, 2025 6:30PM
Beauty in Four Seasons at The Oudolf Garden Detroit
Richard Thomas and Ryan Southen
Join us for a visual romp through four seasons of texture, bloom and beauty at the Oudolf Garden Detroit. Grab your favorite beverage and see the garden through the professional eye of Ryan Southen with narration by Richard Thomas. This will be an all too swift hour to spend online with friends, enliven memories and re-kindle joys of discovery and volunteering in this amazing garden. Let’s get recharged for the next season of growth!
April 14, 2025 6:30PM
The Oudolf Native Meadows
Meredith Simpson
Join us for an overview of the beautiful Jean Wright Hudson Peace Meadows—a unique lakeplain wet prairie habitat. We’ll cover the who, what and how of our efforts so far to rehabilitate this low-lying area surrounding the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, and highlight some of the beautiful native plants in our Oudolf plant palette.
Feeding birds in winter is important, particularly as temperatures drop and food becomes scarce. ‘Growing native plants, including shrubs with fall berries such as viburnums, dogwoods, lingonberries and bayberries is a good idea to help birds in fall and winter,’ says Meredith Simpson…
Source: How to care for woodpeckers in winter: wildlife advice | Homes & Gardens
A sizable crowd gathered outside the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon on…
Seven years after planning efforts began, a world-class garden designed by famed landscape architect Piet Oudolf on Belle Isle Park is finished.The final plantings — all-native perennials, grasses and shrubs — were put in at the Oudolf Garden Detroit on Belle Isle this month, filling in meadows that visitors will be able to cross via a new boardwalk.
Source: Oudolf Garden on Belle Isle complete with new boardwalk | Crain’s Detroit Business
Detroit, Michigan
September 20, 2024
Presented Perennial Plant Association and
Oudolf Garden Detroit
Join us for education at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a tour of the Oudolf Garden Detroit, and a picnic lunch followed by a bus tour to our favorite Detroit perennial-inspired locations! The day concludes with a visit to a private home, The Stratton House, for a garden tour and social!
Photos courtesy of Ryan Southen Photography
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Tracy Reese always goes back to nature for her spring collections. Her brand is called Hope for Flowers, after all, so a permanent fixation on flora makes sense. Specifically, Reese was inspired by the Piet Oudolf garden in Detroit, which opened in 2021.
Source: Hope For Flowers Spring 2024 Ready-to-Wear Collection | Vogue
The living art installation that is being stolen from Oudolf Gardens in Belle Isle is a reason to be enraged.
Source: Living art installation stolen from Oudolf Gardens on Belle Isle in Detroit
