![]() ![]() but the moment you say that you love plants that are dead, then you have a problem. At the film's heart, however, is the message that beauty is not necessarily a thing with petals, nor is it reserved only for the living.īeauty is in so many things you wouldn't think of', remarks Piet. The year-round seasonality of Oudolf's designs is sensitively translated through considered cinematography and a gentle pace. The documentary follows Oudolf on visits to a handful of his creations, including the Lurie garden in Chicago, the High Line in New York and his own garden and studio in Hummelo, the Netherlands. Premiered earlier this Autumn, Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (directed by Thomas Piper) is an intoxicating 75 minutes of herbaceous planting. The evolution of our understanding and appreciation of plants is one of the themes that came to mind recently while watching a new film about the Dutch garden designer, Piet Oudolf. The articles of these garden magazines were penned long before insecticides were frowned upon or weeds' put on exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show. ![]() I say unfairly as we did not know back then the things we now know, nor appreciate the things we now appreciate. I have a stack of these old garden magazines by my desk, mostly published in the 60s and 70s, to which I often refer, sometimes unfairly, when marking the development of horticultural trends. Almost half a century later and decorative appeal', when it comes to dead stuff in the garden, remains an indeterminable dispute. Matt Collins visits the garden at Hauser & Wirth, Somerset.Ĭut down the dead tops of all herbaceous plants', states the advice column in a tattered copy of Popular Garden Magazine, November 1970.unless they continue to have decorative appeal'. ![]()
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