A short history of Piet Oudolf’s new garden in Detroit | Crain’s Detroit Business

Dialing into a press call from the Netherlands on Friday, Oudolf, who was not able to travel to Detroit for the opening due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, said he was drawn to the site for its somewhat central location on Belle Isle (he did not want the garden to be “lost” in the sprawling 1.5-square-mile park) that already draws crowds to the conservatory and the Belle Isle Aquarium. “I thought: This is the center of horticulture, and aquaculture, and music,” Oudolf said. “We should do the garden here.”

Source: A short history of Piet Oudolf’s new garden in Detroit | Crain’s Detroit Business

Piet Oudolf’s public garden on Belle Isle opens Saturday | Detroit Free Press

Internationally renowned Dutch designer Piet Oudolf has graced Detroit with a masterpiece of nature. This Saturday, Oudolf Garden Detroit (OGD), an outdoor garden on Belle Isle, opens to the public. Spanning across 2.5 acres, the garden holds 32,000 perennials and grasses, an OGD release said, 90% of which are from Michigan growers.

Source: Piet Oudolf’s public garden on Belle Isle opens Saturday | Detroit Free Press

Oudolf Garden Detroit to Officially Open this Weekend | Hour Detroit

Located in front of the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, the garden is made up of Oudolf’s three perennial plant styles:block, matrix, and group planting. Ninety percent of the plants in the garden come from Michigan growers, and the Virgin Purple Cornflower, Sea Lavender, Nekan Blue Sage, Winged Loosestrife, and American Feverfew are among those now in bloom.

Source: Oudolf Garden Detroit to Officially Open this Weekend – Hour Detroit

Deadline Detroit | Video: Oudolf Garden opens on Detroit’s Belle Isle, with formal dedication Saturday

The much-anticipated Oudolf Garden on Belle Isle will be officially opened Saturday. Designed by the world-famous Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf, a leading figure of the “New Perennial” movement, the beds were planted last fall and through this summer, but have been fenced off as the plants get established.

Source: Deadline Detroit | Video: Oudolf Garden opens on Detroit’s Belle Isle, with formal dedication Saturday