Planting the Natural Garden
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“If the world of gardening has rock stars, Piet Oudolf qualifies as Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Prince rolled into one.” —Gardenista
The original publication of Planting the Natural Garden ushered in a revolution in landscape design: the New Perennial Movement. Spearheaded by internationally renowned designer Piet Oudolf, and incisively articulated by the late plantsman and designer Henk Gerritsen, it transformed private and public spaces with its emotionally resonant, naturalistic use of hardy perennials and grasses. Now this classic has been expanded and updated to include scores of new plants and combinations.
Packed with practical information and visual inspiration, Planting the Natural Garden zeroes in on the New Perennial Movement’s power to move us, making its distinctive plant palette available to all. For enthusiasts of these vibrant landscapes, it is an essential text; for gardeners who love the dreamy moods and colors that Oudolf and Gerritsen celebrate, it’s the key to a magic kingdom of garden beauty.
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Publisher : Timber Press
Publication date : November 12, 2019
Edition : Illustrated
Language : English
Print length : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 1604699736
ISBN-13 : 978-1604699739
Item Weight : 2.05 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.19 x 8.56 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #17,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Landscape Architecture (Books) #3 in Landscape #9 in Garden Design (Books)
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Customers say
Customers find the book’s information quality positive, with one noting it’s based on honest experience. Moreover, they appreciate the plant variety, with one review highlighting its comprehensive catalogue of great plant varieties. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its beauty, pictures, and ease of use, with one customer noting it feels accessible regardless of skill level.
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vo1 –
My favorite landscape book
This is an incredibly useful and inspiring resource. It’s probably my favorite landscaping book that I own. It provides a comprehensive catalogue of great plant varieties, many of which are good in my zone (6, previously 5). It is full of experience based honest information about plant performance and tendencies, noting varieties that take over or self sow, require extra care/staking, fail in harsh winters, extent of bloom periods, etc. There is a great little collection of lists towards the end of the book also that is handy (plants w autumn colors, structural plants, pollinator attracting, etc) which can help if you have specific goals in mind with your landscape. There are some very nice collections of mature landscape photos and plant combination recommendations which sound lovely.I’m a landscape designer and I appreciate books that delve deeper than your typical plant picture book, but I also don’t think this would be too much information for your average home gardener. To me, it feels very accessible regardless of skill level. You can flip through it to just look at pictures, but there is a lot if great information if you choose to jump in.I also bought their book Dream Plants and found it to be basically the same as this book, but outdated and much less comprehensive or informative. Planting the Natural Garden is a deeper dive and I recommend it over Dream Plants. Piet Oudolf, Henk Gerritsen, and Noel Kingsbury are probably the biggest names in this trending landscape style. If you are interested in this planting style, I can’t recommend this book enough.
Damnatron –
Not just a list of obscure plants…
I was worried this would be a giant list of plants. Plants that I probably could buy if I wanted to, either because the local nursery wouldn’t carry them, or that it would cost so much money to buy enough of the fancy plants. That would be a useless tease of a book!It did have a lengthly list of plants. I have no idea yet if I can even buy many of these. We will get to the planning and planting next season, we want to be thoughtful about it.What I did like about the plant list is that it had lots of pictures. Maybe not every single plant and variety, but enough to be happy. It is super frustrating when there are lists of plants with no descriptions. This did a good job here. What I also liked about the plant list, is that it listed sun and height and description and other qualities. This started getting me thinking about why you would select a certain plant, rather than just picking ones you liked.There are also a modest but important amount of text about how to plan the garden, and ways to think about your strategy. For example, think about what the plants will look like in different seasons. It has some interesting descriptions and pictures of gardens that look fantastic in the fall and winter seasons.Perhaps I am new to garden planning, but I found the book approachable and inspiring. It got me thinking about new ways to garden. My only gripe, it is not exhaustive — I want more! 🙂 I do wonder if I am up to the challenge of actually implementing such a feat.The book is well done in my opinion. The text, the pictures, the print quality. I like the diminutive yet sufficient size of the book. It’s not a giant coffee table monstrosity.
SWD –
My gardens look so much better now
Always like to read books to learn gardening techniques. This one was very helpful
Ant –
Very good
This book is great if you want to get ideas from what plants Piet Oudolf uses in his gardens and gives you combinations you can try.I didn’t give it 5 stars because it does not list soil/moisture requirements for the plants.
L. McMillan –
Lovely book
Lovely book.
Dr. PJ –
Another wonderful book!
Book is very easy to understand, has planting plans and such complete information about the plants. Highly recommend.
MelinaBee –
Great Gift
I sent this book to my sister for her birthday and she was thrilled!
Amazon Customer –
Lovely picture with lots of information
Beautiful book with great info, I can’t wait to get outside this spring and start!
andrea M –
As expected
wheeters –
This book is a great reference book that I will continue to consult for years to come. It contains a lot of wisdom about individual plants that only comes with having grown all the plants in a variety of situations and climates. It does not contain much detailed information on the hardiness of the plants, but this information is readily found elsewhere. The beginning of the book is just information on plants; the second section is information on how to design with them, or more specifically, how to use them to create the desired atmosphere in the garden. I especially liked the inclusion of the garden plans. Although they are hard to read, you can get a sense of the principles that are used in any Oudolf design. I highly recommend this to any gardener who uses perennials or likes this gardening style.
FunkMaster –
Iâve been wanting to create a modern cottage garden, but most books have the usual plant selection and itâs hard to really determine what would be the right plants for where. This book is simple and has a vast list of beautiful plants that will inspire you. Itâs the best book I have come across that can help any level of gardener to make the right plant choices. My new favourite book.
OR –
hyper documenté et détaillé et très utile
Javier –
No tardo nada en llegar, muy bien