The evening wrapped up with a video tour from Oudolf Garden Detroit, situated on Belle Isle and designed by famed garden designer Piet Oudolf. The gardens opened to the public in August. Duncan Campbell, a member of the Oudolf Garden Detroit grounds crew, walked viewers through the space, explaining the process of installing the expansive garden.
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After nearly six years of planning, fundraising and work, the Oudolf Garden Detroit on Belle Isle finally opened to the public.
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The latest public garden by Piet Oudolf, recipient of the GCA’s 2019 Medal of Honor, officially opened on August 28, 2021, when Michigan’s Lt. Governor and Detroit-native Garlin Gilchrist cut the ribbon. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Oudolf, who is also known for The High Line in New York City, the Toronto Botanical Garden, the Lurie Garden in Chicago’s Millennium Park and more, had to experience the opening of his latest masterpiece from the Netherlands over FaceTime.
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The Oudolf Garden Detroit on Belle Isle is a 2.5-acre perennial garden featuring 32,000 “hearty perennials and grasses,” in front of the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon. Volunteers raised $4.7 million to install and endow it, overcoming record flooding in 2019 and working through the COVID-19 pandemic. It opened on Aug. 28, more than five years after The Garden Club of Michigan sent a letter to Dutch master garden designer Piet Oudolf, which set the project in motion.
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Today’s feature conversation with Duncan Campbell, talking about the Oudolf Garden on Belle Isle. It was designed by Piet Oudolf.
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Oudolf Garden Detroit was the brainchild of designer Piet Oudolf, who received a letter from The Garden Club of Michigan asking for help. That became the start of more than five years of hard work by the all-volunteer Oudolf Garden Detroit Grounds Crew.
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