It’s a beautiful late August day, and I can easily pick them out, the “busy bees” of Garden Club of Michigan carting plants for placement in the new garden on Belle Isle designed by Piet Oudolf, recipient of the GCA’s 2019 Medal of Honor.
Big changes are in the works at Belle Isle, Detroit’s favorite park | DETOUR
“Piet’s all about structure,” said Duncan Campbell, a grounds crew member for Oudolf Garden Detroit. “The juxtaposition of the plant varieties coexist and play well with each other. He’s also very mindful of which plants best fit all four seasons. You mow the garden at the end of February, then leave it in place for the nutrients to grow back up. No fertilizer — just water and sunshine, plus its own organic material. It makes it very sustainable.”
Source: Big changes are in the works at Belle Isle, Detroit’s favorite park | DETOUR
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Checking in on the Oudolf Garden in Belle Isle – Detroit Is It
Detroit’s Belle Isle holds a special place among its residents, offering a greenspace quite unlike any other park in the city, moments away from the Downtown core. Belle Isle has not been left out of the new development projects happening all along the Detroit River and a seminole one being the elegantly designed Oudolf Garden, put’s the region on the map alongside cities such as New York City, Chicago, and Toronto.
Checking in on the Oudolf Garden in Belle Isle – via Detroit Is It
Oudolf Garden Detroit moves forward with a weeks worth of planting | Coronavirus | macombdaily.com
Oudolf Garden Detroit is starting to take shape despite delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and rising water levels.
“It’s come so far,” said Doug Anglin of Anglin Civil Construction, who brought his wife and children out to Belle Isle on Sunday to see the work that he’s done on the garden that was designed by the famous landscape architect Piet Oudolf of the Netherlands, for the Garden Club of Michigan. “When we first started here we were just pushing mud and dirt around.”
Oudolf Garden Detroit moves forward with a weeks worth of planting | Coronavirus | macombdaily.com
$4.2M Garden With 26K Plants Designed by Piet Oudolf Underway on Belle Isle – DBusiness Magazine
Work is underway to create a garden on Detroit’s Belle Isle that was planned by an internationally renowned public garden designer from the Netherlands.
$4.2M Garden With 26K Plants Designed by Piet Oudolf Underway on Belle Isle – DBusiness Magazine
Planting at new Oudolf garden on Belle Isle: ‘It’s a piece of art’ – Detroit News
Putting together a one-of-a-kind garden with 26,000 plants is a lot like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Just ask Roy Diblik and Austin Eischeid. They’ve done it. Diblik and Eischeid are part of a team of professionals and volunteers working in the city until Friday to bring to life a garden on Belle Isle designed by world renowned Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf. But getting 106 varieties of plants in the ground in 15 25-foot-long garden beds — all in a very specific design — takes precision.
Planting at new Oudolf garden on Belle Isle: ‘It’s a piece of art’ – via The Detroit News
Work begins on new Belle Isle ’living art’ garden (video) – ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4
Work began on Thursday on a new garden on Belle Isle. It isn’t just any garden, but it is considered a living piece of art. The art was created by designer Piet Oudolf.
Work begins on new Belle Isle ’living art’ garden – ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4
Belle Isle Oudolf garden planted by volunteers opening summer 2021 – Detroit Free Press
Thousands of tall plants, flowering plants and green plants are being landscaped in Belle Isle to create a visual experience for people and a new habitat for animals and bugs.
Belle Isle Oudolf garden planted by volunteers opening summer 2021 – Detroit Free Press
