Piet Oudolf is an influential Dutch garden designer, nurseryman, and author. He is a leading figure of the “New Perennial” movement, using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower color.
Inspired by the energy of Detroit after receiving a “love letter from Detroit” from The Garden Club of Michigan (GCM), Piet Oudolf designed this naturalistic public garden on Belle Isle. Both artistic and ecological by design, he chose perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees for their hardiness, durability, and ever-changing textures and colors for enjoyment in all four seasons. Oudolf Garden Detroit differs from other public Oudolf gardens in that it is run by its all-volunteer Grounds Crew.
The 3-acre garden sits in front of the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon on Belle Isle, a Michigan state park situated in the picturesque Detroit River.
Oudolf Garden Detroit and its 501(c)(3) organization Friends of Oudolf Garden is a volunteer-led effort dedicated to placing and maintaining a Piet Oudolf-designed garden on Belle Isle in Detroit. Piet Oudolf is the internationally renowned Dutch garden designer and horticulturist 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.
Piet quote “For me, garden design isn’t just about emotion, atmosphere, a sense of contemplation. You try to move people with what you do. You look at this, and it goes deeper than what you see. It reminds you something in the genes nature or the longing for nature.”
When you come to the Oudolf Garden you come across a welcome sign of rules. Also, scan the QR code with your phone you will get information about the garden. QR code takes you to
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you will get maps of the area also, what is blooming this time of year.
Detroit Oudolf Garden is privately funded and you can donate to Detroit Oudolf Garden. You can sponsor a plant, or donate to maintenance and operations and it is a tax write-off.
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