Top green-fingered tips from Piet Oudolf 🌷
Speaking from home – an old farmhouse on an acre of land outside the village of Hummelo, in the eastern Netherlands where he has lived with his wife Anja since 1982 – Oudolf shares his thoughts on how to transform a miniature plot, new work for Vitra’s HQ, and our future reliance on finding pleasure closer to home - and ultimately, in our gardens. Wallpaper*: How are you doing currently, at home in Hummelo?We are doing well. My life is already sort of isolated from living on a farm.
W*: You often work in expansive spaces, but how do you approach smaller spaces? What do you advise for people who are starting a small garden at home? I’ve done many, many small gardens - small public office gardens or private gardens. Most people are not designers, what they see is the plants they like. I say to budding gardeners, “Buy the plants you like, don’t try to be a designer.” That is what people can take from my work.
W*: Your approach to garden design considers all the seasons. What’s important about designing a garden that can provide joy year round and in all weathers, not just when flowering in spring and summer? I think every season is important, and everything that happens within that season is important for what you feel in the garden. When I design a garden everything is thought of, including how it develops. In spring, at this time of the year, you don’t need much [in your garden].
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