In late 2016, GCA Medal of Honor winner Piet Oudolf received a “love letter” from the Garden Club of Michigan asking him to design a new public garden on Detroit’s Belle Isle. In August 2022, he saw his two-year old 3.5-acre creation for the first time after international travel restrictions were lifted.
Source: Piet Oudolf’s First Visit to his Belle Isle Garden in Detroit | GCA
The Oudolf Garden Detroit designed by Piet Oudolf is a very modern mix, influenced by the layers of his earlier work yet more complex and intricate. Piet is the definition of a modern artist; an open source designer, his planting plans are freely available for all to see online, and he works alone but is inspired by the creativity of others, designing in the realm of an amazing creative spirit.
Source: Oudolf Garden Detroit – by Lucy Bellamy – Garden & House
There’s a reason why we should transplant our flowers and plant flower bulbs in the fall. Meteorologist Karen Carter heads to Oudolf Garden Detroit to find out the science behind why planting in the fall makes our perennial gardens bloom better in the spring.
Source: Science of Weather: Fall Planting at Oudolf Garden Detroit – CBS Detroit
The Famed Landscape Architect Piet Oudolf’s Work in Detroit is Contemplative and at One with Nature
Oudolf Garden Detroit recently opened to the public on Belle Isle, and it’s a wonderland of natural landscape. Landscape architect Piet Oudolf was behind the project, and Stateside caught up with him on his first visit to the finished garden.
Source: Stateside Podcast: Oudolf Garden opens on Belle Isle – Michigan Radio
Piet says the garden is ‘fantastic’ and pretty much as he imagined it to be
Source: Oudolf Garden Detroit gets a visit from its superstar garden designer Piet Oudolf – Macomb Daily
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Belle Isle garden designed by world-renowned Piet Ouldolf is now open to the public near the parks aquarium and conservatory.
Source: Piet Oudolf helping to beautify and improve Detroit with gardens – Detroit Free Press