Oudolf Garden Detroit

The beautiful public garden on Detroit’s Belle Isle by Dutch designer Piet Oudolf changes every day.

Oudolf Garden Detroit

About Us

Oudolf Garden Detroit and its 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Friends of the Oudolf Garden, is a volunteer-led effort dedicated to building and maintaining the Piet Oudolf garden on Belle Isle in Detroit. Piet Oudolf is the internationally renowned Dutch garden designer who created the planting designs for the High Line in New York City and the Lurie Garden in Chicago. His public gardens transform people and places.


Oudolf Garden Detroit

313-474-4700
PO Box 141146
Detroit, MI 48214

Media Contact

Janine Sadaj
janine@j9media.com

Fundraising Contact

Meredith Simpson
meredith@oudolfgardendetroit.org


Grounds Crew

Jenn Ashcraft
Tony Bertram
Clark Campbell
Debbie Campbell
Bronson Gentry

Patsy Gotfredson
Jean Hudson
Anne Milligan
Chuck Milligan
Phillip Morici

Jennifer Ott
Janine Krasicky Sadaj
Meredith Simpson
Ryan Southen
Richard Thomas


Grounds Crew Emeritus

Nancy Andrews
Duncan Campbell
Maura Campbell
Cathy Dueweke

Mary Beth Kuderik
Bonnie Larson
Sean Loos
Heather Saunders

Amy Simpson
Lorna Thomas
Susan Thornton Rogers
Liz Ware


Advisors and Supporters

Tom Lewand
Former City of Detroit Mayor’s Office

Matt Walters
Former City of Detroit Mayor’s Office

Sarah Earley
Belle Isle Conservancy

Kemba Braynon
Quinn Evans Architects

Meagan Elliott
Belle Isle Conservancy

Mark Wallace
Former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Salvador Salort Pons
Detroit Institute of Arts

Bob Grese
University of Michigan

Roy Diblik
Midwest Nurseryman & Author

Mariam Noland
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

Maurice Cox
Former Director of Planning, City of Detroit

Michele Hodges
Former Belle Isle Conservancy

Jenny Hudson Parke
Hudson-Webber Foundation

Anne Mervenne
Government Affairs consultant

Robin Heller
Grosse Pointe Garden Center

MaryCarol Hunter
University of Michigan

Scott Stewart
Former Millennium Park Foundation

Bob Bury
Fair Lane, Home of Clara & Henry Ford