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Planting Design by Piet Oudolf
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Piet Oudolf is the planting designer for the High Line design team. Based in the Netherlands, Oudolf was one of the first planting designers to introduce large-scale perennial plantings into public landscapes. He is known for establishing captivating, dynamic, and durable landscapes of texture, fragrance, and color, with a particular interest in seasonal variation, plant life cycle, and transformation over time. His planting design for the High Line has been inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew on the out-of-use elevated rail tracks during the 25 years after the trains stopped running.
On April 5, 2006, he presented his work to a group of over 300 High Line supporters at the Cedar Lake Theater in Chelsea. The presentation is now available for Viewing and download (Adobe PDF Format).
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Section 1: Hummelo
Piet's Oudolf's house and nursery in the Netherlands
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Section 2: Inspiration
Images of natural environments that have inspired Oudolf's designs
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Section 3: Nature and Gardens
Composers of man-made gardens can take from nature
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Section 4: Seasonal Cycles
Planting design through the phases of birth, life and death
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Section 5: Other Work
Examples of Oudolf's planting design from around the world
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Section 6: The High Line
Oudolf's concept designs for the plantings on the new elevated park
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