After an apprenticeship in landscaping, he started his first garden designs. It was not until he had a job in a garden center that he discovered his passion for horticulture. Until the age of 25, he worked in his parents’ restaurant in Haarlem in the Netherlands. In his younger years, Piet was not very interested in plants. Maiden grass ( Miscanthus malepartus) bursts from a rondel along a pathway. Piet emphasizes that these plants also make a statement in winter-they are not cut in autumn the seasonal fading is an element of his design. The colors of the flowers, the shapes of the leaves, and the seed stems of the decorative grasses are all intended to harmonize. Powerful perennials such as purple boneset, coneflower, astilbe, and great burnet dominate the beds in between ornamental grasses that resemble tufted hair swaying softly in the wind.Īlthough it may look natural and accidental, everything is carefully placed, following the draft of the designer. From there, the view opens to a lawn with an impressive rondel filled with abundant giant miscanthus. The opulent driveway leading into the property is framed by carefully trimmed hedges, and in front of the residential house stands an old farmhouse that was built in the 1850s. Hummelo conveys the essence of Piet Oudolf’s garden aesthetic. The rounded-crown tree is a golden raintree. The plants in front of a patchwork of farm buildings-including ironweed, joe-pye weed, Russian sage, and feather reed grass-harmonize with the colors of the roof tiles.
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