Q&A: Piet Oudolf on Designing a Winter Garden

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Spires of echinacea in Piet Oudolf’s garden in Hummelo, the Netherlands. More Photos »
By SARA BARRETT
Published: February 9, 2011

GARDENS in winter are typically deemed dormant, but Piet Oudolf believes that they shouldn’t be. Mr. Oudolf, who is Dutch, is the leading exemplar of the New Perennials landscape movement, which holds that plants should be chosen for shape and texture more than for color. More