Pure Michigan’s Dave Lorenz and Tom Daldin from Under the Radar traverse the state on a Pure Michigan Road Trip. They had a visit with Oudolf Garden Detroit and Duncan Campbell to learn about the world class garden designer Piet Oudolf and his love of Detroit.
Oudolf Garden Detroit awarded The President’s Plaque – Keep Michigan Beautiful
Keep Michigan Beautiful, Inc. annually recognizes programs and activities that substantially contribute to environmental improvement, clean up, beautification, site restoration and historical preservation. Our awards are: The President’s Plaque, (our highest award), The Michigan Plaque, The Distinguished Service Plaque, and The Award of Merit.
Source: 2020-21 Award Recipients – Keep Michigan Beautiful
Homestyle readers tune in for ‘Design in Detroit’ event – Detroit News
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.
Source: Homestyle readers tune in for ‘Design in Detroit’ event – Detroit News
New garden bring native flowers, butterflies and more to Belle Isle | ClickOnDetroit
After nearly six years of planning, fundraising and work, the Oudolf Garden Detroit on Belle Isle finally opened to the public.
Source: New garden bring native flowers, butterflies and more to Belle Isle – ClickOnDetroit
Oudolf Garden Detroit Opens on Belle Isle | GCA
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.
Michigan’s Belle Isle opens 2.5-acre garden by world-renowned designer – mlive.com
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.
Source: Michigan’s Belle Isle opens 2.5-acre garden by world-renowned designer – mlive.com
Meet the Oudolf Garden on Belle Isle – Daily Detroit Podcast
Today’s feature conversation with Duncan Campbell, talking about the Oudolf Garden on Belle Isle. It was designed by Piet Oudolf.
Full Episode (MP3) via Daily Detroit
Oudolf Garden Detroit opens on Belle Isle – Fox 2 Detroit
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.
Source: Oudolf Garden Detroit opens on Belle Isle – Fox 2 Detroit
Crain’s Saturday Extra: Back to school nerves, your chance to buy the Fisher Building and a news nerd’s new favorite garden | Crain’s Detroit Business
Good morning! This week in the Saturday Extra: Michigan kids head back to school amid a COVID-19 surge; the Oudolf Garden opens on Belle Isle; the Fisher Building is for sale.
Source: Crain’s Detroit Business
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