Piet Oudolf
Born in Haarlem, the Netherlands
27 October 1944
Address
Broekstraat 17
6999 DE
Hummelo
The Netherlands
Over the past 30 years I have designed numerous residential gardens and small parks both in the Netherlands, England, Germany, Sweden and the United States.
Shortlist of projects:
The Netherlands
A design under the authority of the Amsterdam City council for the head office of the ABN-AMRO bank. (1999)
The entry of the botanical garden 'de Uithof' part of the state university of Utrecht. (1996)
A public and convalescence garden at the Reumaverpleeghuis in Rotterdam. (2002)
Sweden
The 'Dream Park' in Enköping near Stockholm in Sweden. (1996)
UK
Private garden for John Coke in Bentley, Hampshire. (1996).
The entry at Pensthorpe Waterfowl Trust in Fakenham, Norfolk. (2000)
Private gardens at the university of Cambridge 'Jesus College'. (2000)
Design for a courtyard at Hampton Court Palace in London. (2001)
Two 150 meter long borders for RHS gardens at Wisley, Woking in Surrey. (2002)
A 4 acre walled garden at Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire (2004).
A 15 hectare large site in a historic landscape park near Stoke on Trent together with fellow landscape architect Tom Stuart Smith. (2005)
A design for 'Pottersfield', a small park on the board of the Thames next to the Tower Bridge with Gross.Max landscape architects from Edinburgh. (2007)
Canada
Entrance for the botanical garden in Toronto with Martin Wade landscape architects. (2006)
USA
Together with Saratoga landscape architects I worked on the horticultural master plan for 'The Battery' at the tip of Manhattan in New York. We created the 'Gardens of Remembrance' and the 'Bosque' which is a 6000 sq. meter area under plane trees. (2003-2005)
In progress
In Enköping, Sweden we are working on an extension of the park I designed in 1996 (it will become twice as big).
A harbour promenade with seating areas in Solvesborg, in the south of Sweden.
A small public park in Stockholm.
A woodland garden in Gothenburg, Sweden.
A winery in Cumbria, Italy.
A private garden in Ballydehob, West Cork, Ireland.
A park entrance at Bad Driburg.
The 'High Line' in New York, with Field Operation landscape architects.
Goldman Sachs headquarters New York with Ken Smith landscape architects.
'Ichtushof' public green for the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
A private garden on Nantucket, USA .
Awards
2000 A Gold Medal and title Best of Show at the Chelsea Flower Show in London for a garden I designed with Arne Maynard, commissioned by Gardens Illustrated.
2002 the Gold Veitch Memorial medal by the Royal Horticultural Society with in recognition of services given in the advancement of science and practice of horticulture.
New York 2004 Award for Excellence in Design from the art commission of the city of New York .
Competitions
Millenium Competition for a garden downtown Chicago (Lurie garden). (2001) with Kathryn Gustafson and partners from Seattle. Installation of the planting was in June 2004.
The 'High Line' New York with Field Operations, Diller, Scofidio + Renfro. (2005)